Thematic Bible: Frowardness


Thematic Bible




The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him. For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God. For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me. read more.
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin. Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes. On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright; He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes. He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly. In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes. On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright; He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright. Verse ConceptsAbominationsBad InfluenceAbominations, To GodDeviousnessFriendship Kjv

Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them. Verse ConceptsThornsEvil AssociationsGod TrappingPitfalls

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him. For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God. For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me. read more.
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin. Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes. On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright; He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes. On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright; He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you; Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false; Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads; read more.
Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good. He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers. Verse ConceptsLipsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfObscenity

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes. The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageMouthsCursingSevering Body PartsThe TongueTogethernesscutting


Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble. Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedProverbsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfTonguePerversionTwisted Ways

Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding? At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place; Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud: read more.
I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men. Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart. Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me. All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.


Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright. Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedDeviousnessTwisted WaysPure People


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