Thematic Bible: Disowned


Thematic Bible




"The wicked person writhes in pain throughout his life, a number of years has been reserved for the ruthless.


Samuel told Saul, "Why did you disturb me by bringing me up?" Saul said, "I'm in great distress. The Philistines are waging war against me. God has departed from me and won't answer me anymore, either by messages written by the hand of the prophets or by dreams. So I've summoned you to tell me what I should do."

In the morning you'll say, "I wish it were evening.' Yet in the evening you'll say, "I wish it were morning,' on account of what you'll dread and what you'll see.

Good understanding produces grace, but the lifestyle of the treacherous never changes.

There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

Wherever they went, the LORD worked against them to bring misfortune, just as the LORD had warned, and just as the LORD had promised them. As a result, they suffered greatly.




The wicked triumph only briefly; the joy of the godless is momentary.

Whenever I wanted something I had seen, I never refused that desire. Instead, I enjoyed everything I did, and this became the reward in what I had undertaken.

For as thorns burn to heat a pot, so also is the laughter of the fool even this is pointless.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards, in the vineyards people will sing no songs, and no cheers are raised. No vintner treads out wine in the presses, because I've put an end to the shouting.

Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.


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