Thematic Bible: Devices of


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



So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their destiny will be according to their works. Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises


For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey 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 will all be eliminated;
the future of the wicked will be destroyed.
Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSin, God's Judgment OnSinnersDestruction Of The WickedChildren SufferingGod Judges The WickedThe Future

So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. Verse ConceptsLifestylesPunishment, Nature OfFruitful LabourSin Producing DeathShame Of Bad ConductSin Produces Death

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end. Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

until I entered God’s sanctuary.
Then I understood their destiny.
Verse ConceptsFate Of The UngodlyPeople Endedfateprospering

Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. Verse ConceptsCondemned Heartsevil, origins ofdesiresHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualitySin, Causes OfImpurityGod Handing OverIdolatryThey Committed ImmoralitysexDishonoring God

Don’t be like your fathers and your brothers who were unfaithful to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors so that He made them an object of horror as you yourselves see. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong

See, your house is left to you desolate. Verse ConceptsEmpty Places


Then she cried, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When he awoke from his sleep, he said, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him in dreams 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 over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.
Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


Then God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring Me offerings and sacrifices
40 years in the wilderness?
Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

God, if only You would kill the wicked—
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me
Verse ConceptsSinnersViolenceThe Fate Of The WickedEvil AssociationsChrist Driving Out PeopleGod KillingGod KillsReady To Kill


wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever! Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfSin, Consequences OfThe Fate Of The WickedContinuing In SinPunishment of the The Wicked

For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it 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

God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will 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 will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.
Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration



A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;
though you look for him, he will not be there.
Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away


Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,
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, Dan,”
or “As the way of Beer-sheba lives”
they will fall, never to rise again.
Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

The one who digs a pit may fall into it,
and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

I will not punish your daughters
when they act promiscuously
or your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
for the men themselves go off with prostitutes
and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes.
People without discernment are doomed.
Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedBeing Without UnderstandingMale Prostitutesadultrywhores

“You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says:

Do people fall and not get up again?
If they turn away, do they not return?
Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The Wicked

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did so. This too is futile. Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

All memory of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name anywhere.
Verse ConceptsOblivionDeath Of The WickedForgetting Peopleremembrance


“I would have said: I will cut them to pieces
and blot out the memory of them from mankind,
Verse ConceptsOblivionPeople Cut In PiecesForgetting Peopleremembrance

Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.
Verse ConceptsOblivionBlotted Out

For he comes in futility and he goes in darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness. Verse ConceptsOblivionOvertaken By DarknessUseless PeopleMiscarriages And Stillborn


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


because their feet run toward trouble
and they hurry to commit murder.
Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill


Their feet run after evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.
Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill


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