Thematic Bible: Doers
Thematic Bible
Evil » Doers » Evil example to be shunned
Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.
You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.
"'But I said to their children in the wilderness, "Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.
When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.
Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Evil » Doers » Warnings to
Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.
But the Lord opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.
Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.
Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.
Evil » Doers » Eye
adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children.
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.