Thematic Bible: Deceivers


Thematic Bible





For there are many rebellious men who are empty talkers [just windbags] and deceivers; especially those of the circumcision [those Jews who insist that Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the Law in order to be saved]. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalAttitudes Of RebellionHeresiesCharacter Of WickedVain TalkMen DeceivingCircumcision PartyMere TalkNecessity Of CircumcisionFutile Faith

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive]. Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionCharmDeceivers, Of ChristiansDeception Through False TeachersSelf IndulgenceStomachsFlatteryFlattery, Used By The WickedSmoothnessMen DeceivingServing ChristSelf CenterednessHindrancesServingServing GodDeceptionServing The ChurchSpeechpeople



For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the antichrist [that is, the antagonist of Christ]. Verse ConceptsAntichristFalse Doctrine, Nature OfDocetismEnemies Of GodSpirit Of AntichristLast Hour


But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentHell, As An ExperienceLiesPitsLiarsThe Fate Of The WickedAbasing PeopleHalf Of ThingsPits As A Term For Graves


A truthful witness saves lives,
But he who speaks lies is treacherous.
Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingLyingLying And Deceittraitors

Like a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, So is the man who deceives his neighbor and then says, Was I not joking?


The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
Verse ConceptsVisionBigotryRacismLight In The WorldGod Helps The Poor


“Cursed is the one who does the work of the Lord negligently,
And cursed is the one who restrains his sword from blood [in executing the judgment of the Lord].
Verse ConceptsCareNeglecting God's ThingsCursingApproval To KillCursing The UngodlyBloodWorking For GodWorking For The LordWorking Hard And Not Being Lazyconsequencescurses

“But cursed is the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows [to offer] it, but sacrifices to the Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is to be [reverently and greatly] feared among the nations.” Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfDeception, Forbidden By GodReverence, And God's NatureVowsMaking VowsBlemished CreaturesThe Curse Of The LawGod CursingGod Is To Be Fearedcheatersclosure