Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Whoever blasphemes the name of Yahweh is to be put to death; the whole community must stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the foreign resident or the native. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyStrangersProfaning God's NameForeigners Included In The LawInstructions About StoningDeath Penalty For Heresy

for your iniquities and the iniquities
of your fathers together,”
says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and reproached Me on the hills,
I will reward them fully
for their former deeds.”
Verse ConceptsdefianceWagesSins Of The FathersBurning SacrificesSacrificing On The High PlacesMaking Mistakes

"Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them: This is what the Lord God says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by committing treachery against Me: When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there. So I asked them: What is this high place you are going to? And it is called High Place to this day. read more.
"Therefore say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: Are you defiling yourselves the way your fathers did, and prostituting yourselves with their detestable things? When you offer your gifts, making your children pass through the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, house of Israel? As I live"-[this is] the declaration of the Lord God -"I will not be consulted by you! "When you say: Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of [other] countries, worshiping wood and stone, what you have in mind will never happen. As I live"-the declaration of the Lord God -"I will rule over you with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath.

therefore, as I live"-the declaration of the Lord God -"I will treat [you] according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them. I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the blasphemies you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are desolate. They have been given to us to devour!

“Do not make idols for yourselves, set up a carved image or sacred pillar for yourselves, or place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am Yahweh your God. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritMaking Idolsethics, personalClaimsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinUnfaithfulness, To GodIdolsPolytheismObelisksBowing To False GodsIdol WorshipNot Like IdolsThe Lord Is GodIdolatryAvoiding IdolatrySelf Imageadorationstatuesimage


They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. Verse ConceptsCreativityStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stone

They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. Verse ConceptsMonotheismStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stonestatues


The woodworker stretches out a measuring line, he outlines it with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He makes it according to a human likeness, like a beautiful person, to dwell in a temple. He cuts down cedars for his use, or he takes a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it and warms himself; also he kindles a fire and bakes bread; he even makes it into a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and bows down to it. read more.
He burns half of it in a fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. He warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm, I see the blaze." He makes a god or his idol with the rest of it. He bows down to it and worships; He prays to it, "Save me, for you are my god." Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see, and their minds so they cannot understand. No one reflects, no one has the perception or insight to say, "I burned half of it in the fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted meat and ate. I will make something detestable with the rest of it, and I will bow down to a block of wood."

“When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of other countries, worshiping wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never happen. Verse ConceptsWoodNeverLike The NationsUnfulfilled WordWood And Stone

You saw their detestable images and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them. Verse ConceptsGoldStones

“The Lord will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone. Verse ConceptsStonesWoodNot Knowing PeopleDifferent GodsWood And Stone


They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. Verse ConceptsCreativityStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stone

They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. Verse ConceptsMonotheismStonesWoodBurning Idolatrous ThingsWood And Stonestatues

“When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of other countries, worshiping wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never happen. Verse ConceptsWoodNeverLike The NationsUnfulfilled WordWood And Stone

Then the Lord will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesGod Scattering IsraelUnknown GodsDifferent GodsWood And Stone