Thematic Bible: Examples of avoiding


Thematic Bible




Leave me, you evildoers,
That I may keep the commandments of my God [honoring and obeying them].
Verse ConceptsEvildoersevil, believers' responses toEvil AssociationsChrist Driving Out PeopleWanting To Keep The Commandments

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil person or thing. Whoso privily slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off [from me]; he who has a haughty look and a proud and arrogant heart I cannot and I will not tolerate. My eyes shall [look with favor] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks blamelessly, he shall minister to me. read more.
He who works deceit shall not dwell in my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward. And the man of God said to the king, If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water in this place. For I was commanded by the word of the Lord, You shall eat no bread or drink water or return by the way you came. read more.
So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.

Yet you have this [to your credit], that you hate the works and corrupt teachings of the Nicolaitans [that mislead and delude the people], which I also hate. Verse ConceptsHatredGod Hating ThingsHating Evil


I did not sit with the group of those who celebrate,
Nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me,
For You had filled me with indignation [at their sin].
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodEvil AssociationsIsolated PersonsAngry Peoplemockerslonliness

(he had not consented to the Council’s plan and action) a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for and expecting the kingdom of God; Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfWaiting