Thematic Bible: Devices of


Thematic Bible



Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do 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



Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city: Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin



It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises


For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God is come; but if first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God? Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFamily, Showing God's RelationshipFaith, Testing OfPeople EndedJudgmentsFamiliesChurch Of Goda new beginningFamily FirstGoing To ChurchJudgement DayJudgementServing The Churchrevivalfateprocesspeter

but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off. Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSin, God's Judgment OnSinnersDestruction Of The WickedChildren SufferingGod Judges The WickedThe Future

What fruit therefore had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of them is death. Verse ConceptsLifestylesPunishment, Nature OfFruitful LabourSin Producing DeathShame Of Bad ConductSin Produces Death

but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end is to be burned. Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; then understood I their end. Verse ConceptsFate Of The UngodlyPeople Endedfateprospering


And be not like your fathers and like your brethren, who transgressed against Jehovah the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as ye see. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate; Verse ConceptsEmpty Places


And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free." And he did not know that the LORD had left him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

And Saul inquired of Jehovah; but Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Urim And ThummimGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedUrim And ThummimRevelation Through Prophetssaul

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me. Verse ConceptsSinnersViolenceThe Fate Of The WickedEvil AssociationsChrist Driving Out PeopleGod KillingGod KillsReady To Kill


raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfSin, Consequences OfThe Fate Of The WickedContinuing In SinPunishment of the The Wicked

For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and it foameth with wine, it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof shall all the wicked of the earth drain off, and drink. Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathAlcoholdrinkingHand Of GodHerbs And SpicesWineThe Fate Of The WickedMetaphorical WineMixed WineGod Making DrunkMark Of The Beast On Forehead

And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentHell, As An ExperienceLiesPitsLiarsThe Fate Of The WickedAbasing PeopleHalf Of ThingsPits As A Term For Graves

The wicked man shall see it and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever. Verse ConceptsGrassWicked Described AsThe Fate Of The WickedEvildoersEternal JudgementDestruction Of The WickedGod Judges The WickedLike GrassProsperity Of The Wicked


For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not. Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away


Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they what it is to blush. Therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall stumble, saith Jehovah. Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

they that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth! and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth! even they shall fall, and never rise up again. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-law for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruin. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedBeing Without UnderstandingMale Prostitutesadultrywhores

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do men fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return? Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The Wicked

And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity. Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds. Verse ConceptsOblivionDeath Of The WickedForgetting Peopleremembrance


I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men, Verse ConceptsOblivionPeople Cut In PiecesForgetting Peopleremembrance

Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth: Verse ConceptsOblivionBlotted Out

For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness; Verse ConceptsOblivionOvertaken By DarknessUseless PeopleMiscarriages And Stillborn


A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn. Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect. Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

and when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows. Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work


for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill


Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths; Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill