Thematic Bible: Devices of


Thematic Bible




He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfHardened Heartsevil, origins ofHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPlansEvil DevicesGod's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination



Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

Then he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who are designing evil, who are teaching evil ways in this town: Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin



So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works. Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises


For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God? Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFamily, Showing God's RelationshipFaith, Testing OfPeople EndedJudgmentsFamiliesChurch Of Goda new beginningFamily FirstGoing To ChurchJudgement DayJudgementServing The Churchrevivalfateprocesspeter

But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction. Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSin, God's Judgment OnSinnersDestruction Of The WickedChildren SufferingGod Judges The WickedThe Future

What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death. Verse ConceptsLifestylesPunishment, Nature OfFruitful LabourSin Producing DeathShame Of Bad ConductSin Produces Death

But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned. Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers. Verse ConceptsFate Of The UngodlyPeople Endedfateprospering


Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong

See, your house is made waste Verse ConceptsEmpty Places


Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

And when Saul went for directions to the Lord, the Lord gave him no answer, by a dream or by the Urim or by the prophets. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Urim And ThummimGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedUrim And ThummimRevelation Through Prophetssaul

So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood. Verse ConceptsSinnersViolenceThe Fate Of The WickedEvil AssociationsChrist Driving Out PeopleGod KillingGod KillsReady To Kill


Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in 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 the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop. Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathAlcoholdrinkingHand Of GodHerbs And SpicesWineThe Fate Of The WickedMetaphorical WineMixed WineGod Making DrunkMark Of The Beast On Forehead

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you. Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentHell, As An ExperienceLiesPitsLiarsThe Fate Of The WickedAbasing PeopleHalf Of ThingsPits As A Term For Graves

The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing. Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration



For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there. Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away


Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord. Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedBeing Without UnderstandingMale Prostitutesadultrywhores

Further, you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Will those who are falling not be lifted up again? will he who has gone away not come back? Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The Wicked

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose. Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name. Verse ConceptsOblivionDeath Of The WickedForgetting Peopleremembrance


I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men: Verse ConceptsOblivionPeople Cut In PiecesForgetting Peopleremembrance

Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth. Verse ConceptsOblivionBlotted Out

In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered. Verse ConceptsOblivionOvertaken By DarknessUseless PeopleMiscarriages And Stillborn


A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him. Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect. Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging. Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work


For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life. Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill


Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways. Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill

Their feet are quick in running after blood; Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill

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