Thematic Bible: Exhibited in thinking that
Thematic Bible
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
Come now [and pay attention to this], you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.”
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
Come now [and pay attention to this], you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.”
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Privileges entitle us to heaven
and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
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When once the Master of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door [again and again], saying, Lord, open to us! He will answer you, I do not know where [ what household -- "certainly not Mine] you come from. Then you will begin to say, We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » God will not punish our sins
They have lied about and denied the Lord
By saying, “It is not He [who speaks through His prophets];
Misfortune and evil shall not come on us,
Nor will we see war or famine.
He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Privileges entitle us to enter heaven
and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
Verse Concepts
When once the Master of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door [again and again], saying, Lord, open to us! He will answer you, I do not know where [ what household -- "certainly not Mine] you come from. Then you will begin to say, We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We may have peace while in sin
It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, ‘I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],’
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Gifts entitle us to heaven
Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name?
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are rich in spiritual things
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We should adhere to established wicked practices
But rather we will certainly perform every word of the vows we have made: to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven (Ishtar) and to pour out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves and our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for [then] we had plenty of food and were prosperous and saw no misfortune.
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our own ways are right
There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are pure
There is a generation (class of people) that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Christ shall not come to judge
and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming [what has become of it]? For ever since the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things have continued [exactly] as they did from the beginning of creation.”
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Gifts entitle us to go to heaven
Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name?
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are better than others
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » We are above adversity
He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
For throughout all generations I will not be in adversity [for nothing bad will happen to me].”
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Christ will not come to condemn us
and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming [what has become of it]? For ever since the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things have continued [exactly] as they did from the beginning of creation.”
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