Thematic Bible: Condemned


Thematic Bible



Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow. Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows



A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice. Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfAcceptance Of BribesSecrecyEffect Of Bribes

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent. Verse ConceptsAcquittalGuiltAcquitting The Guilty

The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others -- Verse ConceptsAcceptance Of BribesEyes, GuardedBeing FairFinancial AdviceAvoiding Bribes

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate. 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




The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool." Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfManipulationInjustice, Examples OfMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinMoney, Stewardship OfProfitsRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfBusiness EthicsBirds, Figurative UseUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedAnimal ReproductionPartridgesFoolish PeopleMisrepresentationGetting RichFools

"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one. Verse ConceptsBagsDeception, Forbidden By GodWork, And The FallBusiness EthicsDishonesty CondemnedJust Weightsbalanceweight



"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice




The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool." Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfManipulationInjustice, Examples OfMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinMoney, Stewardship OfProfitsRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfBusiness EthicsBirds, Figurative UseUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedAnimal ReproductionPartridgesFoolish PeopleMisrepresentationGetting RichFools

"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one. Verse ConceptsBagsDeception, Forbidden By GodWork, And The FallBusiness EthicsDishonesty CondemnedJust Weightsbalanceweight



"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: 'I burned half of it in the fire -- yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?' Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Idolatry IsIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToDullnessBowing To False GodsBaking BreadFirewoodHalf Of ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

"Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversLack Of DiscernmentHearingIndifferenceSensitivityApathyDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsUnhearingrebellion

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand 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, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time? Verse ConceptsDullnessThe Present AgeAppearances ofHypocritesHypocrisyDiscernmentSigns Of The End TimesEnd TimesWeather In The Last DaysSeasons Changingweather



On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing. Verse ConceptsScripture, UnderstandingDullnessRefusing To HearBeing Without UnderstandingHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyconnectedness




So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice. Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle


He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness, Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillTestingInsensitivityAvoiding Obstinacy

The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian 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 fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. Verse ConceptsHatredBullyingAccepting OthersNot Maintaining LifeJudged As MurderersEternal lifeHateForgiving Others Who Hurt YouSibling Lovehaters




You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him. Verse ConceptsAngerConfrontationChallengesIncurring GuiltParticipation, In SinRebukeLove To Others Shown InDuties To NeighboursReproving PeopleGuiltSibling Love

you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesGoldsmithsDestruction Of Satan's Works

for the prophecy he announced with the Lord's authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled." Verse ConceptsShrinesMan's Words Fulfilled

They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing! Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfBalaams DonkeyFalse GodsChild sacrificeAbsence Of ThoughtShrines

He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesDestruction Of Satan's WorksInadequate BurialsNo IncenseFate Of IdolatersGod Hating People


You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous. Verse ConceptsFavouritismBlindness, SymbolicInjustice, Hated By GodReward, HumanRighteous, TheMagistratesAvoiding BribesBlindingOther Blinding

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah) Verse ConceptsFavouritismDoubting God's JusticeSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfBefore People ActPsalm Interjections

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked. Verse ConceptsAbominationsHating EvilHating The RighteousHate

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness. Verse ConceptsUnder The SunInjusticeSunfairnesswickedness




So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeception, Christians Must Not PracticeHonestySpiteSincereityLeavenedGod's Truthnot celebrating christmasthe anniversary FeastsSexual Puritycelebrating



Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins? Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsResentment, Against GodComplaintsComplaining

Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfUnderstandingAcceptance, Of InstructionDo Not GrumbleComplainingcriticismdoctrine


Jesus replied, "Do not complain about me to one another. Verse ConceptsMurmuringGrumblingDo Not Grumble



But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest. Verse ConceptsUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedPeople StumblingNot Knowing PeopleRejoicing In Evil

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge. Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersDebtorsPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The PoorTaking Other PeopleMotherhoodPurgatorybaby

So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. Verse ConceptsOccupationsPassing ByHeartlessnessPitilessnessPitilessness Condemned

They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristVinegarPitilessnessMessianic PropheciesPitilessness CondemnedBitter Food

This is what the Lord says: "Because Edom has committed three crimes -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them. Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless

But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt. Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedSettling AccountsDebtjail

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Verse ConceptsMineralsUnkindnessVinegarCold, Literal UsePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedPeople Stripping OffCold WeatherChemicalsweatherheartbrokenWeather Causing Sufferings

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food. Verse ConceptsRich, ThePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The Poor

you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesGoldsmithsDestruction Of Satan's Works

for the prophecy he announced with the Lord's authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled." Verse ConceptsShrinesMan's Words Fulfilled

They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing! Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfBalaams DonkeyFalse GodsChild sacrificeAbsence Of ThoughtShrines

He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesShrinesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you. Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesDestruction Of Satan's WorksInadequate BurialsNo IncenseFate Of IdolatersGod Hating People

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming 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

and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity because he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person will be cut off from his people. Verse ConceptsProfanitySacrilegeThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

And you will bear no sin concerning it when you offer up the best of it. And you must not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or else you will die.'" Verse ConceptsSacrilegeDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Guilty

You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? Verse ConceptsChastitySacrilegeHating EvilNature Of IdolatryRobbing GodsThose Who Committed AdulteryInfidelityadultry

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow. Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows



A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice. Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfAcceptance Of BribesSecrecyEffect Of Bribes

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent. Verse ConceptsAcquittalGuiltAcquitting The Guilty

The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others -- Verse ConceptsAcceptance Of BribesEyes, GuardedBeing FairFinancial AdviceAvoiding Bribes

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate. 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


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


But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say, Verse ConceptsJesus Statements About The SpiritRulersSynagogueHoly Spirit, Personhood OfMagistratesUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousNot WorryingAnxiety And FearFear And WorryWorryingTrusting God And Not Worryinganswersworriesanxious





The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool." Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfManipulationInjustice, Examples OfMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinMoney, Stewardship OfProfitsRich, TheRiches, Ungodly Use OfBusiness EthicsBirds, Figurative UseUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedAnimal ReproductionPartridgesFoolish PeopleMisrepresentationGetting RichFools

"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one. Verse ConceptsBagsDeception, Forbidden By GodWork, And The FallBusiness EthicsDishonesty CondemnedJust Weightsbalanceweight



"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfLeaders, PoliticalMastersRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfWagesUnjust GainDishonesty CondemnedEmployersPresumptuous PlansWoe To The WickedInjustice

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