Thematic Bible: Delight in


Thematic Bible




Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel [just as sin may be sweet at first, but later its consequences bring despair].
Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentTasteSweetnessMen DeceivingSand And GravelDeceptionconsequencescheaters


Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel [just as sin may be sweet at first, but later its consequences bring despair].
Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentTasteSweetnessMen DeceivingSand And GravelDeceptionconsequencescheaters



Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,
For Your law is my delight.
Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfBe Merciful!God's Word As A Source Of Delight


They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
Verse ConceptsFlatteryDeceitful HeartsDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCharacter Of WickedDeceitful TonguesPsalm InterjectionsThose Who Are LiarsUngodly CursingExcellenceSmiling


“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfPleasureRejection Of Spiritual InstructionFools, Description OfInfidelity To GodFools Becoming WiseBefore People ActHating GoodLoving EvilSimplicitymockers