Thematic Bible: Evil doers
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Character » Of the wicked » Evil doers
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can do good
Who are accustomed to evil and even trained to do it.
Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly;
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul.
So they twist the course of justice between them.
Evil doers » Warnings to
Leave me, you evildoers,
That I may keep the commandments of my God [honoring and obeying them].
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
For those who do evil will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
Who will take a stand for me against those who do wickedness?
Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men,
Nor does He have compassion on their fatherless or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away
But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
“You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have destroyed your land,
You have slain your people.
May the descendants of evildoers never be named!
Yet He is also wise and will bring disaster,
And does not retract His words,
But will arise against the house of evildoers
And against the helpers of those who do evil.
Names » Of the wicked » Evil doers
For those who do evil will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
Titles and names of the wicked » Evil doers
or to governors as sent by him to bring punishment to those who do wrong, and to praise and encourage those who do right.
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