Thematic Bible: Forbidden


Thematic Bible



Thou shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. Verse ConceptsDo Not Have Other godscovenant

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where thou go, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee. Verse ConceptsAliancesTrapWorldly SnaresWarnings Of Evil AssociationsEvil Trapping

and when LORD thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shall smite them, then thou shall utterly destroy them. Thou shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them. Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanForbidden AlliancesFellowship With WickedExterminationGod Without MercyThose God Gave Into Their Hands

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is as thine own soul, entices thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou have not known, thou, Verse ConceptsSecrecyEnticersUnknown GodsDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsShow No MercyMothers Love For Her ChildrenSiblingsMothers And SonsDeath Of A Motheratheism

thou shall not consent to him, nor hearken to him. Neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shall thou spare, neither shall thou conceal him, Verse ConceptsPeople Hiding PeopleDo Not Listen!Not Sparingpity

Now therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever, that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritan Verse ConceptsTreatyIntermarriageNot ProsperingNo Peace


My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path. Verse ConceptsPaths Of The WickedWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoiding EvilEvil WaysNot With PeoplePaths

Do not become unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness? And what agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what share have believers with non-believers? And what mutual agreement has a temple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God, just as God said, I will dwell in them, and will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they will be a people to me. read more.
Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you









But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things, Verse ConceptsHealthDuplicating WordsWorry And StressWorryingAnxiety And StressNervousnessdistractionsworriesanxious



But I want you to be without worry. The unmarried man cares for things of the Lord, how he will please the Lord. Verse ConceptsCare, WorldlyCelibacyLibertyPriorityUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousUnmarriedNot WorryingAnxiety And FearWorryingFocusBeing Singledistractionsfreeworriesanxious


But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth. Verse ConceptsAngerBackbitingAggressionGrudgesSpiteVulgarityConversationMaliceSlanderCursingCrude LanguageAnger ManagementLanguageEmotionsAbuseSpeechjoking


And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, I will require. At the hand of every beast I will require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man. Verse ConceptsGuardiansCapital PunishmentResponsibility For Blood ShedDeath Penalty For KillingRelation Of Animals To ManAnimals Having A SoulThe RainbowPetsaccounting





But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things, Verse ConceptsHealthDuplicating WordsWorry And StressWorryingAnxiety And StressNervousnessdistractionsworriesanxious



But I want you to be without worry. The unmarried man cares for things of the Lord, how he will please the Lord. Verse ConceptsCare, WorldlyCelibacyLibertyPriorityUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousUnmarriedNot WorryingAnxiety And FearWorryingFocusBeing Singledistractionsfreeworriesanxious


Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinSeparationTouchWorldlinessSeparation From Evil PeopleComing Out From EvilWelcomed By GodPeople Being UncleanPollution ForbiddenBeing Differentwelcome


but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, nor shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Verse ConceptsDeviousnessSin Producing DeathNot TouchingSin Produces DeathAdam and eveGardensNASB


Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofCovenant breakersdesiresGreed, Believers' Response ToLaw, Ten CommandmentsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinProperty, HousesLiving In HousesServants Of PeopleMarriage ControlledEighth Commandment


Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought, and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber. For a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter. Verse ConceptsBedroomsCivic DutiesHonouring RulersDisclosuresDo Not TellThe Rich Lording ItUngodly CursingPrivate RoomsBirdsFunThoughtsAbusesecretscriticismrumorsriskgossiping


Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way. Verse ConceptsBlessedCursingAbusive MarriagesBlessing And CurseUngodly CursingThe TongueBlessing OthersSwearingcurses

Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, nor shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them, Verse ConceptsThe DeadBaldnessHairsKnivesUnburied BodiesNo BurialsGreat And SmallGashing BodiesNot Mourning

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. Verse ConceptsBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessBeardsBodyKnivesPriests, Function In Ot TimesShavingThe Human BodyDisfigurementTattoosTrimming Facial HairCutting HairGashing BodiesAccompaniments Of Mourning



Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The WickedDeception, Forbidden By GodLipsWitnesses, FalseLiarsAvoiding DeceitLying And Deceit





Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness. Verse ConceptsEvildoersInsecurityAvoid EnvyDo Not Be AnxiousWorryingTrusting God And Not Worryingprospering



Let us not become conceited, provoking each other, envying each other. Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfMinistry, In The ChurchProvokingBrotherly LoveAvoid Envy

Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways. Verse ConceptsChoicesRejecting ThingsAvoiding ViolenceAvoid Envyclosure




But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth. Verse ConceptsBeing BitterBraggingLyingDo Not Be ProudBitternessEthicslieing

and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, Ye take too much upon you, since all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and LORD is among them. Why then do ye lift up yourselves Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfAaron, Life EventsConfrontationSelf Righteousness, Nature OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesEnvy, Example OfPlottingGod Is Among YouA Holy NationSeeking Honourorganization

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion nor fault, inasmuch as he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him. Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersFaithfulness, Examples OfBusiness, ExamplesHonestyNeglecting DutiesServants, GoodBusiness EthicsMagistratesFaultlessnessFidelityPlottingErrorcorruptionaccusations

but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. Verse ConceptsTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousEnvy, Example OfMalice, Examples OfExpressions On FacesDepressionRespect

And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him. Verse ConceptsEnvy, Example OfOwning LivestockThose Who EnviedPossessing Sheeppossessions

And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the saying in mind. Verse ConceptsMotives, Examples OfEnvy, Example OfPeople RememberingThose Jealous Of People

Yet all this avails me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. Verse ConceptsEnvy, Example OfSitting In The Gateway

For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfSuffering, Of The InnocentThe Wicked ProsperThose Who Enviedwellnessprospering


But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled of envy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and slandering. Verse ConceptsJealousyPersecution, Forms OfEnvy, Example OfContradictingMaking Israel Jealous



After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee. Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and henceforth sin no more. Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReceived OutcastsNo CondemnationForgiving Yourselfcondemnation





Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away. Neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. Verse ConceptsGoldHeart, HumanLove, In RelationshipsPolygamySilverHuman DesiresGetting Rich

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyUnity, God's Goal OfWivesDesign Of MarriageYouthful DevotionResidueRaising ChildrenGodly WomanSeedsRespecting Your Body


Thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people, neither shall thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor. I am LORD. Verse ConceptsBackbitingGossipInjuryInjustice, Examples OfSlanderSpeech, Negative Aspects OfFalse AccusationsCharacter AssassinationI Am The LordSocial LifeFake Friendsgossiping


He who goes around as a tale-bearer reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter. Verse ConceptsBackbitingGossipSecrecyTrustworthinessSpreading StoriesDo Not TellConfidentialityConfidenceFriendship And TrustHurt And Betrayalsecretsgossiping

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips. Verse ConceptsBackbitingBeing BetrayedGossipTrustworthinessFlatteryBackstabbersEvil AssociationsSpreading StoriesConfidencerumorsgossiping

Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood, and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains. In the midst of thee they have committed lewdness. Verse ConceptsSlanderCharacter AssassinationSheddingKilling The InnocentHow People EatThey Committed ImmoralitySacrificing On The High Places

Do not profane thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. Verse ConceptsdaughtersLove, In RelationshipsProstitutionRightsSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualityHarlotsProvokingTattoos Being Okwhores

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Verse ConceptsShrinesAbominations, Perverse SexualitySexual PerversionHomosexualityMale Prostituteswhores

But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth. Verse ConceptsAngerBackbitingAggressionGrudgesSpiteVulgarityConversationMaliceSlanderCursingCrude LanguageAnger ManagementLanguageEmotionsAbuseSpeechjoking

Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. Verse ConceptsAngerConfrontationChallengesIncurring GuiltParticipation, In SinRebukeLove To Others Shown InDuties To NeighboursReproving PeopleGuiltSibling Love



Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away. Neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. Verse ConceptsGoldHeart, HumanLove, In RelationshipsPolygamySilverHuman DesiresGetting Rich

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyUnity, God's Goal OfWivesDesign Of MarriageYouthful DevotionResidueRaising ChildrenGodly WomanSeedsRespecting Your Body


Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shall not let thy cattle engender with a diverse kind. Thou shall not sow thy field with two kinds of seed, neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. Verse ConceptsMulesFieldsAnimals, religious role ofSeedCultivationAnimal ReproductionNot MixingMixing MaterialsInstruction About ClothesKeep The Commandments!GarmentsAgricultureDrugs



I am LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shall have no other gods before me.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness. Verse ConceptsFavouritismethics, socialequalityJudging OthersLaw, OtLawsuitsPrejudiceRespect, For Human BeingsJusticeCivil GovernmentPartialityJudging RightlyInjusticeMighty in its influenceRespectMaking DecisionsRespecting Authority




Therefore, O man, thou are without excuse, every man who judges, for in what thou judge the other man, thou condemn thyself, for the man who judges is doing the same things. Verse ConceptsCondemnation, Causes OfExcusesUncharitablenessLike Bad PeopleFound GuiltyJudgingBeing YourselfJudgementJudging Others Actionscondemnationothers

Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. Verse ConceptsStandingEnabling GracePersonal ResponsibilityAble To StandNot JudgingServants Of PeopleGod Establishes UsQuestioning GodJudging Others Actionsservanthoodcriticism



If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So shall thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. Verse ConceptsBanishmentKidnappingCommerceDeath Penalty For Violencerelaxation

And he who steals a man, and sells him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDeath penaltyKidnappingStealingDeath Penalty For ViolencePeople Possessing Other ThingsDeath Of A Family Member

And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, Take the meal-offering that remains of the offerings of LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar, for it is most holy. Verse ConceptsYeastSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

No meal-offering, which ye shall offer to LORD, shall be made with leaven, for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to LORD. Verse ConceptsLeavenFoodGrain OfferingUnleavened BreadYeastHoneyMeat offerings

Seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation, no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. And ye shall observe the [feast of] unleavened bread, for in this selfsame day I have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore ye shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever. read more.
In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one who is born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened, in all your habitations ye shall eat unleavened bread.

Thou shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, nor shall the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left to the morning. Verse ConceptsPassoverYeastRemaining OfferingsRegulations For Passover



Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil.

But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth. Verse ConceptsAngerBackbitingAggressionGrudgesSpiteVulgarityConversationMaliceSlanderCursingCrude LanguageAnger ManagementLanguageEmotionsAbuseSpeechjoking


He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery, DefinedMurderSanctity Of LifeWitnesses, FalseAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealEighth Commandment


For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself

Every man hating his brother is a man-killer. And ye know that no man-killer has eternal life abiding in him. Verse ConceptsHatredBullyingAccepting OthersNot Maintaining LifeJudged As MurderersEternal lifeHateForgiving Others Who Hurt YouSibling Lovehaters

For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody. Verse ConceptsFraudEvildoersBusybodiesMeddlingDo Not MurderMinding Your Own Businessthieves





And thou shall not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shall thou profane the name of thy God. I am LORD. Verse ConceptsPagan GodsFalse ReligionFalse GodsChild sacrificeIrreverenceProfanityRespect, For God's CharacterSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifeIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfHuman SacrificesProfaning God's NameI Am The Lord

Thou shall not do so to LORD thy God. For every abomination to LORD, which he hates, they have done to their gods, for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods. Verse ConceptsAbominationsChild sacrificeHatredSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifeIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfPagan PracticesAbominations, Idolatry IsAbominations, PracticesHuman SacrificesAbominations, To GodGod Hating Things

Moreover, thou shall say to the sons of Israel, Whoever he is of the sons of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who gives of his seed to Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone h I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and do not put him to death, read more.
then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.

I solemnly testify before God, and Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen agents, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing from partiality. Verse ConceptsFavouritismethics, socialequalityElection, Description OfSolemn ChargesMinisters, Should BeAngels, DescriptionPartialityMen's Orders

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness. Verse ConceptsFavouritismethics, socialequalityJudging OthersLaw, OtLawsuitsPrejudiceRespect, For Human BeingsJusticeCivil GovernmentPartialityJudging RightlyInjusticeMighty in its influenceRespectMaking DecisionsRespecting Authority

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment. Ye shall hear the small and the great alike. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you ye shall bring to me, and I will hea Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

These are grumblers, fault-finders, going according to their lusts, and their mouth speaks overblown things, marveling personages for the sake of advantage. Verse ConceptsBraggingComplaintsComplaining

These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. Verse ConceptsFavouritismJudging OthersWisdom, Human ImportanceBigotryRacism

He will surely reprove you if ye secretly show partiality. Verse ConceptsFavouritismSecrecy

Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law. Verse ConceptsFavouritismHumiliationInferiorityInjustice, Examples OfFavoritismMisteaching

then are ye not partial among yourselves, and become judges from evil thoughts? Verse ConceptsMan Differentiatingdiscriminationmotives

But having passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, having come toward Mysia, they attempted to go toward Bithynia. And the Spirit did not allow them.





Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away. Neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. Verse ConceptsGoldHeart, HumanLove, In RelationshipsPolygamySilverHuman DesiresGetting Rich

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. Verse Conceptsdivorce, amongst believersHusbandsLove, In RelationshipsMarriage, Purpose OfMonogamyUnity, God's Goal OfWivesDesign Of MarriageYouthful DevotionResidueRaising ChildrenGodly WomanSeedsRespecting Your Body


Yet ye say, Why? Because LORD has been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou have dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

And having answered, he said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh?

And the Pharisees having approached, they demanded of him if it is permitted for a man to divorce a wife, testing him. And having answered, he said to them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses permitted to write a document of divorce, and to divorce her. read more.
But having answered, Jesus said to them, For your hard heart he wrote for you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. Because of this a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh. So then they are no more two, but one flesh.





But above all things, my brothers, swear not. Neither by the heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and the no, no, so that ye may not fall into hypocrisy. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing



Do not profane thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. Verse ConceptsdaughtersLove, In RelationshipsProstitutionRightsSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualityHarlotsProvokingTattoos Being Okwhores

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Verse ConceptsShrinesAbominations, Perverse SexualitySexual PerversionHomosexualityMale Prostituteswhores

But Michael the arch-agent, when he disputed with the devil, contending about the body of Moses, dared not bring a railing judgment, but said, May Lord rebuke thee. Verse ConceptsArchangelsMichael The ArchangelDisputesCorpses Of Other PeopleGod Requite Them!Ranks Of Angelsgabrielaccusations

Whereas heavenly agents, being greater in might and power, do not bring a railing judgment against them before Lord. Verse ConceptsAngelsThe Power Of Other Creaturesaccusations

But now I write to you not to associate if any man who is called a brother is a fornicator, or a greedy man, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a predator, not even to eat with such kind. Verse ConceptsBad CompanyAlcoholGreed, Believers' Response ToBad FriendsFellowship With WickedSexual ChastityCorrecting A BrotherGood AssoiciatesWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoid ImmoralityAvoiding IdolatryNo DealingsAbusive RelationshipsAddictionCovetousnesssexGreedSexual Immoralitydrunkards

he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings, Verse ConceptsFoolish QuestionsFools, Characteristics OfBackbitingEnvyThe ProudUncharitablenessNot Believing PeopleAvoid QuarrelsMind Battlesrumors


However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass ye over to the land of the possession of LORD, in which LORD's tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us, but do not rebel against LORD, nor rebel against us, in b Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelRebellion Against God, Nature OfThe Altar Of The LordBuilding AltarsGod Living In The TabernacleUnclean Things

Only do not rebel against LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and LORD is with us. Fear them not. Verse ConceptsImmanuelRebellion, Against GodRebellion Against God, Nature OfGod With YouEasy For PeopleUnguardedDo Not Fear MenRebellion against GodProtection From EnemiesRemoving People From Your Life





But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Verse ConceptsCheeksInsultsSelf DefenceTemperAccepting BeatingsTwo Of Body PartsOther Right PartsRepaying Evil For EvilTurning The Other CheekForgiving Others Who Hurt You


Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. Verse ConceptsForgiving Ones EnemiesRetributionRevenge, And RetaliationSpiteRepaying Evil For Evil






Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. Verse ConceptsForgiving Ones EnemiesRetributionRevenge, And RetaliationSpiteRepaying Evil For Evil



For I, LORD, love justice. I hate robbery with iniquity. And I will give them their recompense in truth. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newGod, Justice OfHatredJusticeRobberyDo Not StealGod Will RequiteLater Covenants With GodInjustice

If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy this man, for the temple of God is holy, which ye are. Verse ConceptsHoliness Of The SaintsSacrilegeGod DestroyingA Holy NationDestruction Of The ChurchThe First TempleDefilementThe churchGod's WillTaking Care Of Your Body


who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit. Verse ConceptsProfitsSelf IndulgenceSacrilegeMisteachingRelatives Also InvolvedDishonestyFamiliesvulnerability

But he who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of LORD, and that soul shall be cut off from his people. Verse ConceptsProfanitySacrilegeThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

Lift not up your horn on high. Speak not with a stiff neck. Verse ConceptsNecksSelf WillBraggingHorns WeakenedDo Not Be Proudarrogance

Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryStiffnecked People

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, as the day of trial in the wilderness, Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillTestingInsensitivityAvoiding Obstinacy

Lift not up your horn on high. Speak not with a stiff neck. Verse ConceptsNecksSelf WillBraggingHorns WeakenedDo Not Be Proudarrogance

Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you. Verse ConceptsSanctuaryStiffnecked People



After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee. Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and henceforth sin no more. Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReceived OutcastsNo CondemnationForgiving Yourselfcondemnation







And the soul that turns to those who have familiar spirits, and to the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFamiliar SpiritsMediumsSeeking GodSorcery And MagicSpiritismSpiritsOccultismWitchcraftDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyGod OpposingAvoid SpiritismThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelDeath Penalty For Heresypsychics

When thou have come into the land, which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found with thee anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, a psychic, he who practices augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a medium, or a spiritist, or a necromancer. read more.
For whoever does these things is an abomination to LORD. And because of these abominations LORD thy God drives them out from before thee. Thou shall be perfect with LORD thy God. For these nations, that thou shall dispossess, hearken to those who practice augury, and to psychics. But as for thee, LORD thy God has not allowed thee to do so.

Ye shall not eat anything with the blood. Neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practice augury. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, nor shall thou mar the corners of thy beard. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. I am LORD.



He who passes by, [and] meddles with strife not his, [is like] he who takes a dog by the ears. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsBusybodiesMeddlingGentlenessMinding Your Own BusinessFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictPets


Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame? Verse ConceptsLitigationRashnessAttorneyLawsuitsHasteShaming PeopleHurt And Betrayalstriving


But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth. Verse ConceptsBeing BitterBraggingLyingDo Not Be ProudBitternessEthicslieing

Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done thee no harm. Verse ConceptsBlameDiscordDisputesaccusations


Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame? Verse ConceptsLitigationRashnessAttorneyLawsuitsHasteShaming PeopleHurt And Betrayalstriving

Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done thee no harm. Verse ConceptsBlameDiscordDisputesaccusations


When a man vows a vow to LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsCovenant breakersFaithfulness, To GodFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsGuaranteeOaths, HumanPerjuryPledgesUnfaithfulness, To PeopleVowsVowsBindingMaking VowsSwearingfreemasonry

Again, ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not swear falsely, but shall render to the Lord thine oaths. Verse ConceptsMaking VowsFalse WaysGod Speaking Of Oldgrandmas


For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself





After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee. Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and henceforth sin no more. Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReceived OutcastsNo CondemnationForgiving Yourselfcondemnation



Woe is me, my mother, that thou have bore me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, nor have men lent to me, [yet] every one of them curses me. Verse ConceptsdoubtersHealthInterestLonelinessSadnessSelf PitySuicideCynicismNever Being BornRegretting BirthBorrowingLending And BorrowingUngodly CursingFighting One AnotherConflictlent

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

has given forth upon interest, and has taken increase, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood shall be upon him. Verse ConceptsInterest


In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood. Thou have taken interest and increase. And thou have greedily gained from thy neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says lord LORD. Verse ConceptsFraudCreditCovenant breakersExcessGreed, Condemnation OfInjustice, Nature And Source OfInterestMoney, Stewardship OfBusiness EthicsCovetousness, Results InExtortionSheddingKilling The InnocentOppressors

he who puts not his money out to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

he who has not given forth upon interest, nor has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed TRUE justice between man and man, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending

And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner. Take thou no interest from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shall not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy food for profit.

who has withdrawn his hand from a poor man, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes, he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live. Verse ConceptsSins Of The FathersIf You Keep The Commandments

Thou shall not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent upon interest. Verse ConceptsBanksInterestLendingFamily Conflictlent

Thus says LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers. Return every man to his house. For this thing is of me. So they hearkened to the words of LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.


Ye shall burn the graven images of their gods with fire. Thou shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it to thee, lest thou be snared by it, for it is an abomination to LORD thy God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCoveting, prohibition ofCalf worshipGoldMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinWarningAbhorAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesWorldly SnaresBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning Idolsimage

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments. Verse ConceptsFamilies, Examples OfHeads Of The FamilyClean, Spiritual UseReformationIdolsEmployers, Good ExamplesForeign ThingsChanging ClothesClean ClothesPutting Away Other GodsChanging YourselfHinduism

Ye shall make for you no idols. Neither shall ye rear up for you a graven image, or a pillar. Neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it. For I am LORD 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


Thou shall not make to thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Verse ConceptsGod, As Spiritethics, personalIdolsIdolatry Consists OfCarvingLike CreaturesAvoiding IdolatrySecond CommandmentSelf ImageTaking Care Of The Earthstatuesimage


Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them, Verse ConceptsReceptivenessWarningEnticementDeceiving OneselfTaking HeedDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

Thou shall make thee no molten gods. Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritIdolsAvoiding Idolatry

Neither shall thou set up a pillar for thee, which LORD thy God hates. Verse ConceptsStonesObelisksGod Hating Things

There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god. Verse ConceptsMonotheismIdolatry Consists OfDo Not Have Other godsWorshiping GodWorshiping Together