Thematic Bible: Devices of


Thematic Bible



Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices

But they just keep saying, 'We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!'" Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfHardened Heartsevil, origins ofHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPlansEvil DevicesGod's PlanGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination



Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips brings about evil. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city. Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin



Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises


For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of 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


So what benefit did you then reap from those things that 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 useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned. Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

Then I entered the precincts of God's temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked. Verse ConceptsFate Of The UngodlyPeople Endedfateprospering


Don't be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong

Look, your house is left to you desolate! Verse ConceptsEmpty Places


She said, "The Philistines are here, Samson!" He woke up and thought, "I will do as I did before and shake myself free." But he did not realize that the Lord had left him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him -- not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Urim And ThummimGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedUrim And ThummimRevelation Through Prophetssaul

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together



wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfSin, Consequences OfThe Fate Of The WickedContinuing In SinPunishment of the The Wicked

For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very 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 bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I 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

When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish. Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration



Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone. Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away


Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them," says the Lord. Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

These are the ones who now take oaths in the name of the sinful idol goddess of Samaria. They vow, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or 'As surely as your beloved one lives, O Beer Sheba!' But they will fall down and not get up again." Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

One who digs a pit may fall into it, and 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 commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!" Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedBeing Without UnderstandingMale Prostitutesadultrywhores

The Lord said to me, "Tell them, 'The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way? Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The Wicked

Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma. Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

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


"I said, 'I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed. Verse ConceptsOblivionPeople Cut In PiecesForgetting Peopleremembrance

May the Lord be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth! Verse ConceptsOblivionBlotted Out

Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness, Verse ConceptsOblivionOvertaken By DarknessUseless PeopleMiscarriages And Stillborn


A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes. Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples. Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

But when the matter came to the king's attention, the king gave written orders that Haman's evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows. Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work


for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood. Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill


They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy. Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill


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