Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Fence » Hedge
Listen to another illustration. A master of a house made a vineyard, and put a wall around it. He made a wine press and built a tower. Then he rented it to workers and traveled to another country.
Your princes are as the locusts, and your officers as the swarms of grasshoppers. They encamp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun shines they flee away and no one knows where they go.
Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge and break down the wall that protects it. I will let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
Behold, I (Jehovah) will fence her way with thorns. I will build a wall against her that she will not find her path.
Hedges » Danger of breaking through
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
The mouth of the adulterous is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by Jehovah will fall into it.
Are they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They are not even ashamed! Not at all! They do not even know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be cast down, says Jehovah.
They who swear by the sin of Samaria. They will say: 'As your god lives, O Dan, the way Beersheba lives.' They will fall and never rise up again.
Righteousness of the undefiled [man of integrity] directs his way! Wickedness causes the evil to fall.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery. The men go out with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes. The people that do not understand will fall (be overthrown).
Say to them: 'This is what Jehovah says: When someone falls, he gets back up. When someone turns away from me, he returns.'
Pit » Figurative
They have prepared a net for my steps. I am bowed down. They dig a pit before me. But they have fallen into it.
Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit. Innocent people will inherit good things.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect.
A prostitute is a deep pit. An adulterous wife is a well of tribulation.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
They dig out a pit and fall into the hole that they have made. Their mischief returns upon their own heads. Their violence descends on their own heads.
Do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me; neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.
The arrogant have dug pits for me. They are not in agreement with your law.
He who digs a pit will fall in it. He who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
People will run out of fear, but they will fall into the pits. Those who climb out of the pits will be caught in the traps.' I will bring the year of punishment to Moab, says Jehovah.
Serpent » Subtlety of
Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals Jehovah God had made. He said to the woman: Did God really say, you must not eat from any tree in the garden?
I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
Serpents » Infest » Hedges
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Snared
Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit. Innocent people will inherit good things.
The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the wicked. He who guards his life will stay far away from them.
He who digs a pit will fall in it. He who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare. But the righteous sings and rejoices.
Many will stumble over them. They will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold
The mouth of the adulterous is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by Jehovah will fall into it.
Are they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They are not even ashamed! Not at all! They do not even know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be cast down, says Jehovah.
They who swear by the sin of Samaria. They will say: 'As your god lives, O Dan, the way Beersheba lives.' They will fall and never rise up again.
Righteousness of the undefiled [man of integrity] directs his way! Wickedness causes the evil to fall.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery. The men go out with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes. The people that do not understand will fall (be overthrown).
Say to them: 'This is what Jehovah says: When someone falls, he gets back up. When someone turns away from me, he returns.'