Thematic Bible: Devices of


Thematic Bible



Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform 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 plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

"But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one 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



Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meetsteadfast love and faithfulness. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

Whoever winks his eyes plansdishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

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



So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises


For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFamily, Showing God's RelationshipFaith, Testing OfPeople EndedJudgmentsFamiliesChurch Of Goda new beginningFamily FirstGoing To ChurchJudgement DayJudgementServing The Churchrevivalfateprocesspeter

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

But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. Verse ConceptsLifestylesPunishment, Nature OfFruitful LabourSin Producing DeathShame Of Bad ConductSin Produces Death

But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned. Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. Verse ConceptsFate Of The UngodlyPeople Endedfateprospering


Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the LORD God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong



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." But he did not know that the LORD had left him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD 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 over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: "'Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together



wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast 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 there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs. 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 cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust 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 wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked will perish! Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration

that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; Verse ConceptsGrassWicked Described AsThe Fate Of The WickedEvildoersEternal JudgementDestruction Of The WickedGod Judges The WickedLike GrassProsperity Of The Wicked


In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away


Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown," says the LORD. Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

Those who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' and, 'As the Way of Beersheba lives,' they shall fall, and never rise again." Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedBeing Without UnderstandingMale Prostitutesadultrywhores

"You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return? Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The Wicked

Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. Verse ConceptsOblivionDeath Of The WickedForgetting Peopleremembrance


I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory," Verse ConceptsOblivionPeople Cut In PiecesForgetting Peopleremembrance

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

For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. Verse ConceptsOblivionOvertaken By DarknessUseless PeopleMiscarriages And Stillborn


A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of evil devices he condemns. Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

The LORDbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. 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 are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their highways. Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill


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