Thematic Bible: Condemned


Thematic Bible



Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court." Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows


Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes. Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfInjustice, Examples OfEffect Of BribesEvil For The Right HandBribery

The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice. Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfAcceptance Of BribesSecrecyEffect Of Bribes

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!" Verse ConceptsAcquittalGuiltAcquitting The Guilty

The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil Verse ConceptsAcceptance Of BribesEyes, GuardedBeing FairFinancial AdviceAvoiding Bribes

and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingCruelty, examples ofBribery, Results OfInjustice, Examples OfOffenceGod's Knowledge Of PeopleRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSin, And God's CharacterExposure Of SinBusiness At The GatewayNot Helping The Pooroppression





"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales




"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice





"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales




"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

No one stops to think. No one has the knowledge or understanding to think yes to think! "Half of it I burned in the fire. I even baked bread on its coals, and I roasted meat and ate it. And am I about to make detestable things from what is left? Am I about to bow down to blocks of wood?" Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Idolatry IsIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToDullnessBowing To False GodsBaking BreadFirewoodHalf Of ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

"Son of Man, you live in a rebellious house that has eyes to see, but they can't see, and ears to hear, but they can't hear, since they're a rebellious house. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversLack Of DiscernmentHearingIndifferenceSensitivityApathyDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsUnhearingrebellion

A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this: Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfDullnessThose Who Were IgnorantFools

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, yet you don't know how to interpret the present time?" Verse ConceptsDullnessThe Present AgeAppearances ofHypocritesHypocrisyDiscernmentSigns Of The End TimesEnd TimesWeather In The Last DaysSeasons Changingweather



We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand. Verse ConceptsScripture, UnderstandingDullnessRefusing To HearBeing Without UnderstandingHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyconnectedness




so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart." Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle


do not be stubborn like your ancestors were at Meribah, as on that day at Massah, in the wilderness, Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillTestingInsensitivityAvoiding Obstinacy

The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinBullyingLove To Others, Evidence OfLight And DarknessDarkness Of EvilMere TalkDarknessSibling Love

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life present in him. Verse ConceptsHatredBullyingAccepting OthersNot Maintaining LifeJudged As MurderersEternal lifeHateForgiving Others Who Hurt YouSibling Lovehaters


A vegetarian meal served with love is better than a big, thick steak with a plateful of animosity. Verse ConceptsDigestionCalvesHatredVegetablesBrotherly LoveDinnerBowlsIndigestionRich FoodRomanceHerbsHateBeing In Loveveganismfriendliness


"You are not to hate your relative in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor if you must, but you are not to incur guilt on account of him. Verse ConceptsAngerConfrontationChallengesIncurring GuiltParticipation, In SinRebukeLove To Others Shown InDuties To NeighboursReproving PeopleGuiltSibling Love

they are to drive out all the inhabitants of the land and destroy all their idols and their molten images. You are to demolish all their high places, Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesGoldsmithsDestruction Of Satan's Works

because what he predicted by a message from the LORD against the altar in Bethel and the temples built in the high places of the cities of Samaria will certainly come about." Verse ConceptsShrinesMan's Words Fulfilled

They have built high places at Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I didn't command this, and it never entered my mind! Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfBalaams DonkeyFalse GodsChild sacrificeAbsence Of ThoughtShrines

by removing the foreign altars and high places, tearing down the sacred pillars, cutting down the Asherim, and Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

I'll destroy your high places and cut down your sun pillars. Then I'll cast your dead bodies on top of the bodies of your idols. I'll loathe you. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesDestruction Of Satan's WorksInadequate BurialsNo IncenseFate Of IdolatersGod Hating People


You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous. Verse ConceptsFavouritismBlindness, SymbolicInjustice, Hated By GodReward, HumanRighteous, TheMagistratesAvoiding BribesBlindingOther Blinding

"How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude Verse ConceptsFavouritismDoubting God's JusticeSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfBefore People ActPsalm Interjections

The unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and whoever lives blamelessly is detestable to the wicked. Verse ConceptsAbominationsHating EvilHating The RighteousHate

It is not for kings, Lemuel Not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to desire liquor. Otherwise, they may drink and forget what has been ordained, perverting justice for all the oppressed.

I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work." Verse ConceptsUnder The SunInjusticeSunfairnesswickedness




So let's keep celebrating the festival, neither with old yeast nor with yeast that is evil and wicked, but with yeast-free bread that is both sincere and true. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeception, Christians Must Not PracticeHonestySpiteSincereityLeavenedGod's Truthnot celebrating christmasthe anniversary FeastsSexual Puritycelebrating



Why should anyone living complain, any mortal, about being punished for sin? Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsResentment, Against GodComplaintsComplaining

Moreover, those who go astray in spirit will gain understanding, and those who complain will accept instruction.'" Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfUnderstandingAcceptance, Of InstructionDo Not GrumbleComplainingcriticismdoctrine


Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling among yourselves. Verse ConceptsMurmuringGrumblingDo Not Grumble

You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer. Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersResentment, Against GodUnbelieversMurmuringDiscontentGrumblingThe DestroyerDo Not GrumbleComplaining


But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop. Verse ConceptsUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedPeople StumblingNot Knowing PeopleRejoicing In Evil


Similarly, a descendant of Levi came to that place. When he saw the man, he also went by on the other side. Verse ConceptsOccupationsPassing ByHeartlessnessPitilessnessPitilessness Condemned

They put poison in my food, in my thirst they forced me to drink vinegar. Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristVinegarPitilessnessMessianic PropheciesPitilessness CondemnedBitter Food

This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Edom and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because he pursued his brother with a sword, refusing to be compassionate. His anger was raging continuously; he kept up his unending wrath. Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless

But he refused and had him thrown into prison until he could repay the debt. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedSettling AccountsDebtjail


A poor man who oppresses the weak is like a rainstorm that destroys all the crops. Verse ConceptsRich, ThePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The Poor

they are to drive out all the inhabitants of the land and destroy all their idols and their molten images. You are to demolish all their high places, Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesGoldsmithsDestruction Of Satan's Works

because what he predicted by a message from the LORD against the altar in Bethel and the temples built in the high places of the cities of Samaria will certainly come about." Verse ConceptsShrinesMan's Words Fulfilled

They have built high places at Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I didn't command this, and it never entered my mind! Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfBalaams DonkeyFalse GodsChild sacrificeAbsence Of ThoughtShrines

by removing the foreign altars and high places, tearing down the sacred pillars, cutting down the Asherim, and Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

I'll destroy your high places and cut down your sun pillars. Then I'll cast your dead bodies on top of the bodies of your idols. I'll loathe you. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesDestruction Of Satan's WorksInadequate BurialsNo IncenseFate Of IdolatersGod Hating People

You have homes in which to eat and drink, don't you? Or do you despise God's church and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this! Verse ConceptsSacrilegeLiving In HousesShaming PeopleEating And DrinkingNot Helping The PoorThe Church UniversalAlcoholic BeveragesChurch Of GodGoing To Churchcommunion

Anyone who eats it will bear the punishment of his sin, since he will have defiled himself regarding the LORD's holy things. That person is to be eliminated from contact with his people." Verse ConceptsProfanitySacrilegeThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

You won't sin by offering the best of it, and you are not to profane the sacred things of the Israelis, so that you won't die." Verse ConceptsSacrilegeDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Guilty

As you forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? As you abhor idols, do you rob temples? Verse ConceptsChastitySacrilegeHating EvilNature Of IdolatryRobbing GodsThose Who Committed AdulteryInfidelityadultry

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court." Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows


Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes. Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfInjustice, Examples OfEffect Of BribesEvil For The Right HandBribery

The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice. Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfAcceptance Of BribesSecrecyEffect Of Bribes

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!" Verse ConceptsAcquittalGuiltAcquitting The Guilty

The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil Verse ConceptsAcceptance Of BribesEyes, GuardedBeing FairFinancial AdviceAvoiding Bribes

and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingCruelty, examples ofBribery, Results OfInjustice, Examples OfOffenceGod's Knowledge Of PeopleRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSin, And God's CharacterExposure Of SinBusiness At The GatewayNot Helping The Pooroppression


I want you to be free from concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, that is, about how he can please the Lord. Verse ConceptsCare, WorldlyCelibacyLibertyPriorityUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousUnmarriedNot WorryingAnxiety And FearWorryingFocusBeing Singledistractionsfreeworriesanxious








"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales




"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

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