Thematic Bible: Devices of


Thematic Bible



Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands). Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstPlansPower, HumanEvil PlansRising EarlyEvil DevicesPlottingDecadenceDeliberationIn The MorningWoe To The WickedGod's People SinningPowerNatural Disasterswickednessaccomplishment

He plans wickedness upon his bed. He walks on a path that is not good. He does not despise evil. Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

He who devises (plans) to do evil is called a troublemaker. Verse ConceptsIntentionsEvil PlansCharacter Of WickedEvil Devices




Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good will find loving kindness and truth. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

He shuts his eyes to devise perversity. He moves his lips to bring evil. Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil. He devises wicked schemes to destroy the afflicted with slander, even though the needy one speaks what is right. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottinginstruments

Jehovah said to me: Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give bad advice in this city (Jerusalem). Verse ConceptsEvil PlansEvil DevicesThe Entrance Of Sin



It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises


For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. If it begins with us first what will it be like in the end for those who do not obey the good news 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 be altogether destroyed. The posterity of the wicked will be destroyed. Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSin, God's Judgment OnSinnersDestruction Of The WickedChildren SufferingGod Judges The WickedThe Future

You are now ashamed of the fruit you had at that time. For the results of these things is death. Verse ConceptsLifestylesPunishment, Nature OfFruitful LabourSin Producing DeathShame Of Bad ConductSin Produces Death

That which bears thorns and briars is rejected, and is near to being cursed. It ends up being burned. Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

I understood their end when I went into the sanctuary of God. Verse ConceptsFate Of The UngodlyPeople Endedfateprospering


Do not be like your ancestors and your relatives who were unfaithful to Jehovah the God of their ancestors. He made them something that shocks people, as you have seen. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong

Behold, your house is left desolate. Verse ConceptsEmpty Places


She shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! He woke up and thought: I will get loose and go free, as always. He did not know that Jehovah had left him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

So he asked Jehovah what to do. But Jehovah did not answer him. He did not answer by dreams or by the use of Urim and Thummim or by prophets. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Urim And ThummimGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedUrim And ThummimRevelation Through Prophetssaul

Therefore I gave them over to their stubborn hearts. They walked in their own counsel. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven. It is written in the book of the prophets: O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

If you would destroy the wicked, O God, depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. Verse ConceptsSinnersViolenceThe Fate Of The WickedEvil AssociationsChrist Driving Out PeopleGod KillingGod KillsReady To Kill


They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black darkness has been reserved forever. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

His own iniquities will catch the wicked. He will be held with the cords of his sins. Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfSin, Consequences OfThe Fate Of The WickedContinuing In SinPunishment of the The Wicked

Jehovah holds a cup in his hand. The wine foams and is well mixed. So he pours from it. Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down 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, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit 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 sees this and becomes angry. He angrily grits his teeth and disappears. The hope of the wicked will perish (be destroyed). Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration



A short time from now the wicked man will be no more. You will look carefully for his place and he will not be there. Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away


Are they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They are not even ashamed! Not at all! They do not even know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be cast down, says Jehovah. Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

They who swear by the sin of Samaria. They will say: 'As your god lives, O Dan, the way Beersheba lives.' They will fall and never rise up again. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHarlotsLiving ThingsShame Of IdolatrySwearing

Righteousness of the undefiled [man of integrity] directs his way! Wickedness causes the evil to fall. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge. Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery. The men go out with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes. The people that do not understand will fall (be overthrown). Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedBeing Without UnderstandingMale Prostitutesadultrywhores

Say to them: 'This is what Jehovah says: When someone falls, he gets back up. When someone turns away from me, he returns.' Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The Wicked

I saw the wicked buried, those who had come and gone out of the holy place. They were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity. Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

The memory of him perishes from the earth. 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 remove the memory of them from men.' Verse ConceptsOblivionPeople Cut In PiecesForgetting Peopleremembrance

Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah. Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth, Verse ConceptsOblivionBlotted Out

For he comes in with vanity and departs in darkness, and his name will be covered with darkness. Verse ConceptsOblivionOvertaken By DarknessUseless PeopleMiscarriages And Stillborn


A good man obtains favor from Jehovah. He will condemn a man of wicked intentions. Verse ConceptsBehaviourShrewdnessDivine FavourEvil DevicesCondemnation Of The WickedA Good Man

Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples. 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 that he had made against the Jews was to be turned against him. That he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging. Verse ConceptsEvil DevicesPeople Hung To Death

He keeps shrewd (crafty) (cunning) people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work


For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill


Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways. Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill

Their feet are swift to shed blood. (Proverbs 1:15) Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill