Thematic Bible: Frowardness


Thematic Bible




Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. read more.
I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright. Verse ConceptsAbominationsBad InfluenceAbominations, To GodDeviousnessFriendship Kjv

Thorns and'snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. Verse ConceptsThornsEvil AssociationsGod TrappingPitfalls

Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. read more.
I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect; With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things; Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; read more.
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good. He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked'speaketh perverseness. Verse ConceptsLipsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfObscenity

I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge and discretion. The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageMouthsCursingSevering Body PartsThe TongueTogethernesscutting

They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in their way are his delight. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCondemned HeartsDelight, God ExpressingHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPleasing GodPleasureHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleAbominations, To GodTwisted Ways

He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedProverbsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfTonguePerversionTwisted Ways

Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: read more.
Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.


The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right. Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedDeviousnessTwisted WaysPure People


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