Thematic Bible: Dishonour


Thematic Bible



Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent”
people will curse him, and tribes will denounce him;
Verse ConceptsAbhorConnivanceAcquitting The Guilty

And you, devastated one, what are you doing
that you dress yourself in scarlet,
that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,
that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
You beautify yourself for nothing.
Your lovers reject you;
they want to take your life.
Verse ConceptsCrimsonAdornment, Of WomenGoldCosmeticsRed ClothesUseless LabourAttempting To KillWearing Jewelleryloversmakeup

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,
and a man who schemes is hated.
Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionShrewdnessTemperAnger In Christian LivingAnger ManagementQuick Tempered

There is no remedy for your injury;
your wound is severe.
All who hear the news about you
will clap their hands because of you,
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?
Verse ConceptsClappingApplauseWoundsIn One AnotherPeople Actually Doing EvilBruisesHope And Healing

A man is praised for his insight,
but a twisted mind is despised.
Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays


It claps its hands at him
and scorns him from its place.
Verse ConceptsClappingHissing

The righteous will look on with awe
and will ridicule him:
Verse ConceptsLaughter

“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all mankind.” Verse ConceptsCarcass, Figurative UseGod, Justice OfHell, As An ExperienceRebellion, Against GodRegretSin, God's Judgment OnSinnersPeople Eaten By WormMaggotsFire Of HellKingdom Of Godworms

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