Thematic Bible: Corrupt


Thematic Bible



Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitSpiritualityFood DecayingA Mans CharacterA Mans ReputationFruit Of CharacterBeing PositivecorruptionMoral Decay


Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them. Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows

Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the justice of the righteous from him! Verse ConceptsAcquittalGuiltAcquitting The Guilty

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a bribe; and the great man, he utters his evil desire: so they weave it together. Verse ConceptsGiftsAliancesAmbition, negative aspects ofWicked RulersJudgesPower, HumanReward, HumanSkillRulers, WickedCharacter Of WickedGuileAmbidextrousTwo Of Body PartsContinuing In SinLording It



Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceCelebritiesPleasing MenSeeking The Favour Of GodMaking DecisionsFavor

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write misfortune which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from justice, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning. Verse ConceptsLionsWolvesIn The Morning

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. read more.
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answer you nothing? what is it which these witness against you?

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. read more.
The governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will you that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Pilate said unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus who is called Christ? They all said unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could gain nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

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And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToAssembling LeadersOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Convened

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. For many bore false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose some, and bore false witness against him, saying, read more.
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither did their witness agree together. And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answer you nothing? what is it which these witness against you? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, What need have we of any further witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy: what think you? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the guards did strike him with the palms of their hands.


But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle has been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. But that it spread no further among the people, let us sternly threaten them, that they speak no longer to any man in this name. read more.
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Then they bribed men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, And set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceases not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: read more.
For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us.

He hoped also that money should have been given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore he sent for him often, and conferred with him. But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' position: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, You did blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. read more.
And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, so that he died. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. Then said he unto me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his idols? for they say, The LORD sees us not; the LORD has forsaken the land.

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see you to that.

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and the common, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesUnfaithfulness, To GodCorrupt PriestsClean And UncleanSabbath ViolatedThey Do Not Keep CommandsLack Of Holiness

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, says the LORD. Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their punishment, says the LORD.

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Verse ConceptsPassing ByHeartlessnessluckpriestsstories

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, You take him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. Verse ConceptsChief priestsAccusations, Against ChristCorrupt PriestsChrist Would Be KilledThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, saying, Verse ConceptsChief priestsCorrupt PriestsMocking ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesFunpriests


Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous persons: her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSanctuaryTreacheryCorrupt PriestsPollutionsWicked ProphetsLack Of HolinessUnfaithful

But the chief priests stirred up the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. Verse ConceptsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasPeople Set Free By People

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their own power; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end? Verse ConceptsSelf DeceptionCorrupt PriestsWicked ProphetsLoving EvilDirectionprophets

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and the common, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesUnfaithfulness, To GodCorrupt PriestsClean And UncleanSabbath ViolatedThey Do Not Keep CommandsLack Of Holiness

Hear you this, O priests; and hearken, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is for you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. Verse ConceptsNetsTrapCorrupt PriestsSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

And as bands of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesRoadsCorrupt PriestsLeaders Sinning

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. Verse ConceptsMultitudesChief priestsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasAttempts To Kill Christ


Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitSpiritualityFood DecayingA Mans CharacterA Mans ReputationFruit Of CharacterBeing PositivecorruptionMoral Decay

Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitSpiritualityFood DecayingA Mans CharacterA Mans ReputationFruit Of CharacterBeing PositivecorruptionMoral Decay

Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitSpiritualityFood DecayingA Mans CharacterA Mans ReputationFruit Of CharacterBeing PositivecorruptionMoral Decay

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring. Verse Conceptsdouble mindednessFountainsProverbsSpring Of Waterpressure

Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Verse ConceptsBitter WaterBad WaterSweetnessBitterness