Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Foolishness » Not being foolish
Do not be excessively or willfully wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
But immorality (sexual vice) and all impurity [ of lustful, rich, wasteful living] or greediness must not even be named among you, as is fitting and proper among saints (God's consecrated people). Let there be no filthiness (obscenity, indecency) nor foolish and sinful (silly and corrupt) talk, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting or becoming; but instead voice your thankfulness [to God].
The wicked » Cut off
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect] prolongs one’s life,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened.
Men who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were poured out like a river?
Do not be excessively or willfully wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Scarcely have they been planted,
Scarcely have they been sown,
Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And a strong wind carries them away like stubble.
As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed;
The future of the wicked will be cut off.