Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Evil » What is evil
Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapor (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air]. You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that [thing]. read more.
But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong.
But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong.
The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma [a soothing, satisfying scent] and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intent (strong inclination, desire) of man’s heart is wicked from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
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“For My people have committed two evils:
They have abandoned (rejected) Me,
The fountain of living water,
And they have carved out their own cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That cannot hold water.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick! Who can know it [perceive, understand, be acquainted with his own heart and mind]? I the Lord search the mind, I try the heart, even to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
As for the rogue, his weapons are evil;
He conceives wicked plans
To ruin the poor with lies,
Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.
The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.
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This evil is in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all. Also, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they go to the dead.
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler: Folly is set in great dignity and in high places, and the rich sit in low places. I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking like slaves on the earth.
Exaltation » Of men (promotion) » Of unworthy men
Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the large number of his sons, and every instance in which the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him over the officials and servants of the king.
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After these things King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and established his authority over all the officials who were with him.
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The wise will inherit honor and glory,
But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.
Under a servant when he reigns,
Under a [spiritually blind] fool when he is filled with food,
I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the ground.
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Promotion » Of unworthy men
Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the large number of his sons, and every instance in which the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him over the officials and servants of the king.
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After these things King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and established his authority over all the officials who were with him.
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The wise will inherit honor and glory,
But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.
Under a servant when he reigns,
Under a [spiritually blind] fool when he is filled with food,
I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the ground.
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Servants » Slaves or bond » Sometimes rose to rank and station
I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the ground.
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Servants » Persons of low condition so called
I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the ground.
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Travelers » Of distinction » Generally attended by running footmen
Now this gift, which your maidservant has brought my lord, let it be given to the young men who accompany and follow my lord.
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I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the ground.
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Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah [giving him supernatural strength]. He girded up his loins and outran Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel [nearly twenty miles].
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Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Drive [the animal] fast; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you.”
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