Thematic Bible: Devices, evil


Thematic Bible



Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.
Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.
Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

The one who plots evil
will be called a schemer.
Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless. We will continue to follow our plans, and each of us will continue to act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’” Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfHardened Heartsevil, origins ofHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPlansEvil DevicesGod's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination



Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.
Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions;
the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.
Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;
he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,
even when the poor says what is right.
Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give wicked advice in this city. Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin


The good person obtains favor from the Lord,
but He condemns a man who schemes.
Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations;
He thwarts the plans of the peoples.
Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

But when the matter was brought before the king, he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows. Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.
Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work


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