Thematic Bible: Forbidden


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Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What harmony has Christ with Belial? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. read more.
Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.









But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things; Verse ConceptsHealthDuplicating WordsWorry And StressWorryingAnxiety And StressNervousnessdistractionsworriesanxious



But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; Verse ConceptsCare, WorldlyCelibacyLibertyPriorityUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousUnmarriedNot WorryingAnxiety And FearWorryingFocusBeing Singledistractionsfreeworriesanxious


But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. Verse ConceptsAngerBackbitingAggressionGrudgesSpiteVulgarityConversationMaliceSlanderCursingCrude LanguageAnger ManagementLanguageEmotionsAbuseSpeechjoking







But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things; Verse ConceptsHealthDuplicating WordsWorry And StressWorryingAnxiety And StressNervousnessdistractionsworriesanxious



But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; Verse ConceptsCare, WorldlyCelibacyLibertyPriorityUnrestDo Not Be AnxiousUnmarriedNot WorryingAnxiety And FearWorryingFocusBeing Singledistractionsfreeworriesanxious










From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so. Verse ConceptsBlessedCursingAbusive MarriagesBlessing And CurseUngodly CursingThe TongueBlessing OthersSwearingcurses













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





But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. Verse ConceptsBeing BitterBraggingLyingDo Not Be ProudBitternessEthicslieing









But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and blasphemed. Verse ConceptsJealousyPersecution, Forms OfEnvy, Example OfContradictingMaking Israel Jealous



Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may happen to you." Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more." Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReceived OutcastsNo CondemnationForgiving Yourselfcondemnation


Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Avoidance OfWakefulnessRighteousnessIgnorance of GodMoving OnKnowing Godignoranceawakeningshunning













But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. Verse ConceptsAngerBackbitingAggressionGrudgesSpiteVulgarityConversationMaliceSlanderCursingCrude LanguageAnger ManagementLanguageEmotionsAbuseSpeechjoking















Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge another; for in whatever point you pass judgment on him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. Verse ConceptsCondemnation, Causes OfExcusesUncharitablenessLike Bad PeopleFound GuiltyJudgingBeing YourselfJudgementJudging Others Actionscondemnationothers

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











Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. Verse ConceptsAngerBackbitingAggressionGrudgesSpiteVulgarityConversationMaliceSlanderCursingCrude LanguageAnger ManagementLanguageEmotionsAbuseSpeechjoking


He said to him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "'You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery, DefinedMurderSanctity Of LifeWitnesses, FalseAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealEighth Commandment


The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and any other commandment there may be, are summed up in this sentence, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself

Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. Verse ConceptsHatredBullyingAccepting OthersNot Maintaining LifeJudged As MurderersEternal lifeHateForgiving Others Who Hurt YouSibling Lovehaters

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a troublesome meddler; Verse ConceptsFraudEvildoersBusybodiesMeddlingDo Not MurderMinding Your Own Businessthieves








I charge you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, doing nothing out of favoritism. Verse ConceptsFavouritismethics, socialequalityElection, Description OfSolemn ChargesMinisters, Should BeAngels, DescriptionPartialityMen's Orders



These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for their own advantage. Verse ConceptsBraggingComplaintsComplaining




have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Verse ConceptsMan Differentiatingdiscriminationmotives

And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;



Deacons must be the husband of one wife, and must manage their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband






And he answered them, "Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?

The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away." read more.
But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh.





But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no, that you may not fall under condemnation. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing





But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a reviling judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" Verse ConceptsArchangelsMichael The ArchangelDisputesCorpses Of Other PeopleGod Requite Them!Ranks Of Angelsgabrielaccusations

whereas angels, though greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord. Verse ConceptsAngelsThe Power Of Other Creaturesaccusations

But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any one who bears the name of brother if he is an immoral person, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindlernot even to eat with such a one. Verse ConceptsBad CompanyAlcoholGreed, Believers' Response ToBad FriendsFellowship With WickedSexual ChastityCorrecting A BrotherGood AssoiciatesWarnings Of Evil AssociationsAvoid ImmoralityAvoiding IdolatryNo DealingsAbusive RelationshipsAddictionCovetousnesssexGreedSexual Immoralitydrunkards

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, which produce envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions, Verse ConceptsFoolish QuestionsFools, Characteristics OfBackbitingEnvyThe ProudUncharitablenessNot Believing PeopleAvoid QuarrelsMind Battlesrumors








But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. But if someone strikes you on the 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














They must be silenced, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they ought not to teach for the sake of sordid gain. Verse ConceptsProfitsSelf IndulgenceSacrilegeMisteachingRelatives Also InvolvedDishonestyFamiliesvulnerability









Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may happen to you." Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more." Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReceived OutcastsNo CondemnationForgiving Yourselfcondemnation


Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Avoidance OfWakefulnessRighteousnessIgnorance of GodMoving OnKnowing Godignoranceawakeningshunning


Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. Verse ConceptsBackbitingCommitment, to God's peopleEvil SpeakingGossipInjurySpeech, Negative Aspects OfObscenitySpeaking, EvilAbraham, New Testament ReferencesSlanderUncharitablenessBackstabbersNot JudgingIf You Do Not Keep CommandsSiblingsFake FriendsBrothers LoveConfidence And Self EsteemSibling Lovecriticismgrandmas












But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. Verse ConceptsBeing BitterBraggingLyingDo Not Be ProudBitternessEthicslieing







"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.' Verse ConceptsMaking VowsFalse WaysGod Speaking Of Oldgrandmas


The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and any other commandment there may be, are summed up in this sentence, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response ToMurderSanctity Of LifeStealingCovetousness, Nature ofAcceptance, Of One AnotherConcisenessAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealLove Your Neighbour!Eighth CommandmentLoving Yourself





Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may happen to you." Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsDeliverance, Response ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWarningFinding PeopleChrist In The TempleHealth AchievedWorse

She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more." Verse ConceptsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfReceived OutcastsNo CondemnationForgiving Yourselfcondemnation


Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Avoidance OfWakefulnessRighteousnessIgnorance of GodMoving OnKnowing Godignoranceawakeningshunning