Thematic Bible: Economy


Thematic Bible



They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Verse ConceptsGoldIronDrunkenness, Examples OfBrassDrinking WineWood And StoneBronze For Idols

Ye know that, while Gentiles, ye were being carried away to the voiceless idols, as ye were led. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Verse ConceptsNegotiationPolytheismExchanging Good For BadGod Bestowing GloryNo Help In Other Gods

For all the gods of the peoples are idols. But LORD made the heavens. Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ReligionemptinessIncense Offered AmissIdolatryThings Which Cannot SaveServing One's Own GodsNo Help In Other Gods

Their land is also full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made, Verse ConceptsFingersBowingFilling PlacesPolytheismIdol WorshipWorshiping God


For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords, Verse ConceptsPolytheism

Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods? Verse ConceptsFalse Religionpeople

And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain. And, lo, thou are to them as a very lovely song of he who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument. For they hear thy words, but they do not do them.



Fervent lips and a wicked heart are an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and not do the things that I say? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodProfessingChrist Is LordCalling


And they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their redeemer. But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness Verse ConceptseagernessPerjuryProfessingSwearing Oaths FalselyGod Renaming PeopleSwearingListening To Godisrael

And having answered, he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me. Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfLegalismLipsPretenceProfessingLack Of MeaningGod And The HeartMere TalkNamed Prophets Of The LordProphecies concerningHypocritesHypocrisy

So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish, Verse ConceptsHope, Of The WickedFalse HopesCharacter Of Wicked


But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFalse ConfidenceHope, Of The WickedFalse HopesHopelessnessHope, Nature OfDesire For DeathThe Wicked Will PerishStaying Strong And Not Giving Upbreathingexpectations

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul? Verse ConceptsHope, Of The WickedHopelessnessHope, Nature OfUngodlinessFalse HopesWithout HopeDeath Of The WickedHypocrisy

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceSelf DelusionFalse HopesNot MovedNo Troublerehabilitation