Thematic Bible: Evil people


Thematic Bible



You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David Your servant:

Why did the Gentiles rage
and the peoples plot futile things?




Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
and what will we gain by pleading with Him?”

You have said: “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?




When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.


When you cry out,
let your collection of idols deliver you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
a breath will take them away.
But whoever takes refuge in Me
will inherit the land
and possess My holy mountain.



They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.


“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.


Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in a time of distress,
the nations will come to You
from the ends of the earth, and they will say,
“Our fathers inherited only lies,
worthless idols of no benefit at all.”


But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!


Surely He knows which people are worthless.
If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it?


For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.


This is what the Lord says:

What fault did your fathers find in Me
that they went so far from Me,
followed worthless idols,
and became worthless themselves?


Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.


How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie?Selah


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