Thematic Bible: Defined


Thematic Bible



But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account; Verse ConceptsCancelling DebtsPeople Actually Doing EvilDebt


You were bought with a price [a precious price paid by Christ]; do not become slaves to men [but to Christ]. Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerBuying and sellingMarketsRansomRedemption, In NtValuesPrice Of PeopleThe Law On Slavery

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you actually sit to judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?” Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtInjustice, Nature And Source OfJudgment SeatSittingWallsWhiteDenunciationsFigurative WallsGod Beating PeopleWhitewashingBreaking God's Law

“Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented and changed their minds long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes [to show deep regret for sin]. Verse ConceptsGesturesAshesSackcloth And AshesAshes Of HumiliationSigns Of RepentanceWoe To The Wicked

and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord? Verse ConceptsSatan, Agents OfShrewdnessDenunciationsMischiefChildren Of EvilTwistingStraight PathsMen DeceivingChildren Of The DevilEnemies Of GodDemonic Influence

“Woe (judgment is coming) to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfAliancesFalse ConfidenceChildren, attitudes towardsGuidance, Need For God'sPlansRebellion, Of IsraelEvil PlansObstinacy Against GodDenunciationsConcealment, Of SinWoe To Israel And JerusalemTrusting God's PlanWeedrebellionapostasy

Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; Verse ConceptsMartyrdom, Examples OfPredictionsPrejudiceProphets, Lives OfRejection Of GodNames And Titles For ChristDenunciationsHanding Over ChristKilling ProphetsPredicting ChristProphets SufferingChrist Was KilledRighteousness Of Christ


But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the [divine] wrath and judgment to come? Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceJudaismSnakesAnger Of God, ConsequencesEvil GenerationsDenunciationsName CallingJewish SectsJudgement To ComeThings Like SnakesFleeing From GodBaptised By Johnpharisees

therefore, listen, I will gather all your lovers (pagan allies) with whom you took pleasure, and all those whom you loved with all those whom you hated; I will even gather them against you from every direction and will expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness [making you, Israel, an object of loathing and of mockery, a spectacle among the nations]. Verse ConceptsDenunciationsLooking At People For EvilGathering FriendsPeople Being Hatedlovers

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a robbers’ den.” Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodDenunciationsStatus Of The Templethieves


I will set no worthless or wicked thing before my eyes.
I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path];
It will not grasp hold of me.
Verse ConceptsHatredControlling Your ThoughtsNothingJudgement On BackslidersHating EvilIn FrontMovies

and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was tormented by the immoral conduct of unprincipled and ungodly men Verse ConceptsPollutionsBad CompanyEvil Associations


From Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.
Verse ConceptsFalsehoodHatredInsightGod Giving UnderstandingFalse WaysHating Evil

Samekh.
I hate those who are double-minded,
But I love and treasure Your law.
Verse ConceptsAffection, For God's Worddouble mindednessFicklenessLoving God's Things


“For my mouth will utter truth,
And wickedness is repulsive and loathsome to my lips.
Verse ConceptsMouthsSpeaking TruthTelling The Truth


For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. Verse ConceptsThe Sin NatureTemptation, Universality OfHating EvilNot Understanding Other ThingsstruggleHateLife StrugglesDoing The Right ThingStrugglespracticemyself


He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],
But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.
Verse ConceptsFaultsKindnessDespising PeopleBlessings For Those Who Help The PoorBelittlingHelping The Poor


When there are many words, transgression and offense are unavoidable,
But he who controls his lips and keeps thoughtful silence is wise.
Verse ConceptsGossipProverbsSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfTongueWordsVain TalkHow Silence Is WiseToo Many WordsThe TongueThe Power Of WordsMaking Mistakes


But he who is uncertain [about eating a particular thing] is condemned if he eats, because he is not acting from faith. Whatever is not from faith is sin [whatever is done with doubt is sinful]. Verse ConceptsConsciences, In Decision MakingFaith, Necessity OfBeing Born In Sindoubt, results ofIndecisionSin, Nature OfSinChristian LibertyConvictionQuestioning GodHaving FaithEating MeatBelieving In Yourselfdiscriminationcondemnationconscience

All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death [one can repent of it and be forgiven]. Verse ConceptsUnrighteousnessPunishmentsDeath ofTragedy

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness [ignoring God’s law by action or neglect or by tolerating wrongdoing—being unrestrained by His commands and His will]. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Abuse Of ChristianAvoiding SinBeing Born In SinLawlessnessLaw, And GospelLibertinismSin, Nature OfAbuse, Of Christian FreedomSinMan Of SinLiving In SinReciprocityMissing The Markdisobedience