Thematic Bible: Devices of


Thematic Bible



Woe [to] those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their beds! In the light of the morning they did it, because they have power in their hands. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

He who plans to do evil for himself, they will call [him] "master of mischief." Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

But they will say, '[It is] hopeless, for we will go after our [own] plans, and each one of us will 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



Have they not erred, those who plan evil? But loyalty and faithfulness [belong to] those who plan good. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

He who winks his eyes [does so in order] to plan perverse things; he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

And a scoundrel, his weapons [are] evil; he plans evil devices to ruin [the] poor with words of deception even when the speech 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 mischief}, and [who are] offering bad counsel in this city, Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin



Therefore [it is] not a great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds. Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises


For [it is] the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if [it begins] out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to 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 destroyed altogether. [The] future of [the] wicked shall be cut off. Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSin, God's Judgment OnSinnersDestruction Of The WickedChildren SufferingGod Judges The WickedThe Future

Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about 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] produces thorns and thistles, [it is] worthless and near to a curse, whose end [is] for burning. Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

until I went into the sanctuary of God. [Then] I understood their fate. Verse ConceptsFate Of The UngodlyPeople Endedfateprospering

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to immorality, [that] their bodies would be dishonored among themselves, Verse ConceptsCondemned Heartsevil, origins ofdesiresHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualitySin, Causes OfImpurityGod Handing OverIdolatryThey Committed ImmoralitysexDishonoring God

Do not be like your fathers and like your brothers, who acted unfaithfully before Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them as a desolation, as you see. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong

Behold, your house has been left to you desolate Verse ConceptsEmpty Places


And she said to him, "[The] Philistines [are] upon you, Samson!" And he woke up from his sleep and said, "I will go out just like every other time and shake myself free," but he did not know that Yahweh had left him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

And Saul inquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, not by 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 let them go in the stubbornness of their heart; they walked in their counsels. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me [for] forty years in the wilderness, [did you], house of Israel? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

If only you would kill the wicked, O God-- so get away from me, [you] {bloodthirsty men}-- Verse ConceptsSinnersViolenceThe Fate Of The WickedEvil AssociationsChrist Driving Out PeopleGod KillingGod KillsReady To Kill


wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds, wandering stars, for whom the deep gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught. Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfSin, Consequences OfThe Fate Of The WickedContinuing In SinPunishment of the The Wicked

For [there is] a cup in the hand of Yahweh with wine [that] foams, fully mixed, and he pours out from this. Surely all [the] wicked of [the] land {will quaff it down [to] its 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, you will bring them down to [the] pit of corruption. [The] men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust 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 sees [it] and is vexed. He gnashes his teeth and {becomes weak}. [The] desire of [the] wicked perishes. Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration

When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever. Verse ConceptsGrassWicked Described AsThe Fate Of The WickedEvildoersEternal JudgementDestruction Of The WickedGod Judges The WickedLike GrassProsperity Of The Wicked


And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be. Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away


Have they acted ashamed, for they have committed a detestable thing? Not at all, nor were they ashamed; they did not know to feel humiliated. {Therefore} they will fall among [those who] fall at the time I punish them, they will stumble," says Yahweh. Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

[These are] those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, 'By the life of your gods, O Dan,' and 'By the life of the way of Beersheba,' they will fall and they will not rise again." Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight, but the wicked will fall by his wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever breaks through a wall, a snake will bite him. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

{I will not punish your daughters} when they play the whore, or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; because they go aside with whores, and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes, a people that does not understand comes to ruin. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedBeing Without UnderstandingMale Prostitutesadultrywhores

"And you shall say to them, 'Thus asks Yahweh: "Do men fall and not stand up? If one turns away does he not return? Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The Wicked

Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being [honorably] buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also [is] vanity! Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

His remembrance perishes from [the] earth, and [there is] not a name for him on [the] street. Verse ConceptsOblivionDeath Of The WickedForgetting Peopleremembrance


I thought, "I will wipe them out; {I will make people forget they ever existed}." Verse ConceptsOblivionPeople Cut In PiecesForgetting Peopleremembrance

Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off their memory from [the] earth, Verse ConceptsOblivionBlotted Out

For he comes into vanity and departs into darkness, and his name is shrouded in darkness. Verse ConceptsOblivionOvertaken By DarknessUseless PeopleMiscarriages And Stillborn


The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but anyone who schemes, he condemns. Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

Yahweh brings to nothing [the] plan of nations; he frustrates [the] intents of peoples. Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

But when it came {to the attention of} the king, he {gave orders in writing} [that] his evil plot that he had devised against the Jews should return on his head, and they hung him and his sons on the gallows. Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

[He] is frustrating [the] devices of [the] crafty, and their hands do not achieve success. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work


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


Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction [are] in their highways. Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill