Thematic Bible: Earthly, a source of temptation


Thematic Bible



thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them. Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Verse ConceptsFavouritismBlindness, SymbolicInjustice, Hated By GodReward, HumanRighteous, TheMagistratesAvoiding BribesBlindingOther Blinding

Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. Verse ConceptsGiftsAliancesAmbition, negative aspects ofWicked RulersJudgesPower, HumanReward, HumanSkillRulers, WickedCharacter Of WickedGuileAmbidextrousTwo Of Body PartsContinuing In SinLording It

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceLove, Abuse OfMoney, Uses OfPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSpiritual MalnutritionReward, HumanUnfaithful MinistersSelfishness, Shown InCorrupt PriestsMisteachingWicked ProphetsGod Is Among YouBelief In GodGod SupportingDivinityRewards Of RitualFinancesMaking Decisionsprophetspriests

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet will I read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. Verse ConceptsInscriptionsNo RewardReading Other MatterBeing Yourself

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofNo Other Is GodMan Of God

And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed, having the rewards of divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToReward, HumanDivination

for very highly will I honour thee, and whatever thou shalt say to me will I do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyCursing Israel

And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a present. Verse ConceptsInvitationsPeople Refreshedfriendliness

thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them. Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. Verse ConceptsFavouritismBlindness, SymbolicInjustice, Hated By GodReward, HumanRighteous, TheMagistratesAvoiding BribesBlindingOther Blinding

Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. Verse ConceptsGiftsAliancesAmbition, negative aspects ofWicked RulersJudgesPower, HumanReward, HumanSkillRulers, WickedCharacter Of WickedGuileAmbidextrousTwo Of Body PartsContinuing In SinLording It

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceLove, Abuse OfMoney, Uses OfPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSpiritual MalnutritionReward, HumanUnfaithful MinistersSelfishness, Shown InCorrupt PriestsMisteachingWicked ProphetsGod Is Among YouBelief In GodGod SupportingDivinityRewards Of RitualFinancesMaking Decisionsprophetspriests

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet will I read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. Verse ConceptsInscriptionsNo RewardReading Other MatterBeing Yourself

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofNo Other Is GodMan Of God

And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed, having the rewards of divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToReward, HumanDivination

for very highly will I honour thee, and whatever thou shalt say to me will I do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyCursing Israel

And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a present. Verse ConceptsInvitationsPeople Refreshedfriendliness




Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualMonthRevelation, In OtRivers And StreamsThirtyVisionsProphetic VisionsMonth 4The Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenThose Who Saw Visions


Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty; they shall behold the land that is far off. Verse ConceptsEyes, Used In PropheciesBeauty Of GodFar From HereWomen's BeautyBeing Beautifuldistancetransition


And he stretched forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entry of the inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfAstral ProjectionGod's HandGateways Of The TempleFacing NorthGod Lifting PeopleVisions From GodGod Opposes IdolatryOther References To HairCourts Of The TempleInner BeautyHairdreadlocks


And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar. Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureYielding To TemptationDestruction Of Cities

Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom. Verse ConceptsTents

I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. Verse ConceptsBeautifulCriminalsCoveting, prohibition ofBad Decision Making ExamplesGreed, Condemnation OfLove, Abuse OfRobesSelf IndulgenceTemptation, Universality OfTreasureVisionCovetousness, Results InCovetousness, Example OfBeauty, In ArtefactsConcealment, Of SinAllurements Of SinYielding To TemptationThings UnderOuter GarmentsFine ClothesSpecific Sums Of Money

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way. Verse ConceptsUseless ThingsVisionPornographyEyes, GuardedVanityRevivingFocusdistractionsrevival


Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristSeducersAll NationsVisualizationTemptationSatanThe DevilResisting TemptationFlat Earth