Thematic Bible: Economy


Thematic Bible



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

You know that you were of the nations, carried away and led by mute idols. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

Has any nation ever exchanged gods? Their gods are not really gods. Yet my people have exchanged their glory for something that does not help them. Verse ConceptsNegotiationPolytheismExchanging Good For BadGod Bestowing GloryNo Help In Other Gods

This is because all the gods of the nations are useless idols while Jehovah created the heavens. Verse ConceptsAstronomyCreation Of The Physical Heavens

Then the cities of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem will cry to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. But these gods will never rescue them in a time of distress. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ReligionemptinessIncense Offered AmissIdolatryThings Which Cannot SaveServing One's Own GodsNo Help In Other Gods

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


There are those called gods in heaven or on earth. There are many gods and many lords. Verse ConceptsPolytheism

Can people make gods for themselves? They are not really gods! Verse ConceptsFalse Religionpeople

Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they do not do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits. To them you are nothing more than a singer with a beautiful voice who sings love songs or a musician who plays an instrument. They listen to your words, but they do not do them.



Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a broken pottery covered with silver dross. Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy

Why do you call me Lord, and do not do what I tell you to do? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodProfessingChrist Is LordCalling


They remembered that God was their rock, that the Most High was their defender. They flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues.

Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say. Verse ConceptseagernessPerjuryProfessingSwearing Oaths FalselyGod Renaming PeopleSwearingListening To Godisrael

He told them: Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites. It is written: 'This people honor me with their lips but their heart is far from me. Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfLegalismLipsPretenceProfessingLack Of MeaningGod And The HeartMere TalkNamed Prophets Of The LordProphecies concerningHypocritesHypocrisy

Such is the destiny of all who forget God. The hope of the godless will perish. Verse ConceptsHope, Of The WickedFalse HopesCharacter Of Wicked



What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Verse ConceptsHope, Of The WickedHopelessnessHope, Nature OfUngodlinessFalse HopesWithout HopeDeath Of The WickedHypocrisy

He says to himself: Nothing can shake me. I will never face trouble. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceSelf DelusionFalse HopesNot MovedNo Troublerehabilitation