Thematic Bible: Duplicity


Thematic Bible



Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” Verse ConceptsGoadsBad CounselAffirmationsevil, origins ofDoubting God's WordSatan, Compared With AnimalsQuestionsDoubtSeductionSerpentsShrewdnessSymbolsTemptation, Sources OfSatan, Character OfInfidelity To GodCraftinessSatan, Work OfThe Ancient SerpentDoubting GodAdam and eveGardensTemptationQuestioning GodRebellion of Satan and AngelscredibilitySatan Opposing God's WordSatanic Hatred

they too acted craftily and cunningly, and set out and took along provisions, but took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins (leather bottles) that were worn out and split open and patched together, Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement


and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him. Verse ConceptsCraftinessPlottingArresting ChristChrist Would Be Killed


And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. Verse ConceptsHairsCovering NakednessShepherds, As OccupationsCraftinessAnimal SkinsSmoothnessSmooth


“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose [to speak] the language of the crafty and cunning.
Verse ConceptsGoadsShrewdnessCraftiness

It was now two days before the Passover and [the festival of] Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were searching for a deceitful way to arrest Jesus and kill Him; Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadChief priestsJudaismScribesTeachers Of The LawCraftinessTwo DaysActing In SecretArresting ChristChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there and told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has for many days been in mourning for the dead. Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilBereavement, Expression OfMourningOintmentUnhappinessAnointing OneselfPretendingDistinctive Clothing

So [fearing for his life] he changed his behavior in their sight, and acted insanely in their hands, and he scribbled on the doors of the gate, and drooled on his beard. Verse ConceptsdiseasesBeardsSalivaPretendingWriting On Objects

So they watched [for a chance to trap] Him. They sent spies who pretended to be upright and sincere, in order that they might catch Him in some statement [that they could distort and use against Him], so that they could turn Him over to the control and authority of [Pilate] the governor. Verse ConceptsGovernorsHope, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristHuman Authority, Nature OfSnares Laid For ChristWatching To EntrapHanding Over ChristSpyingPretendingBeware Of Your Speech

Now, summon unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests. Let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it with trickery, in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal. Verse ConceptsFollowers Of BaalProphets Of Other Gods

So now you, along with the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. But we are ready to kill him before he comes near [the place].” Verse ConceptsInvestigatingPreparing For ActionAttempting To Kill Specific People


But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],
The Lord will lead them away with those who do evil.
Peace be upon Israel.
Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesBanishmentCrookednessEvildoersTwisted Ways


“They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him.
They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.
Verse ConceptsGenerationsSin, Nature OfCharacter Of WickedEvil GenerationsCrookednessIsrael As Sons Of GodTwisted Ways



They do not know the way of peace,
And there is no justice in their tracks.
They have made them into crooked paths;
Whoever walks on them does not know peace.
Verse ConceptsWay, TheCrookednessPaths Of The WickedPathways Of SinSpiritual IgnoranceUnrestTwistingNo PeacePaths