Thematic Bible: Frowardness


Thematic Bible




The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; He repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not turned from my God to wickedness. Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind and have not disregarded His statutes. read more.
I was blameless before Him and kept myself from sinning. So the Lord repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight. With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful; with the blameless man You prove Yourself blameless; with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd.

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success. He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end. They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at noon as if it were night.

So the Lord repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful; with the blameless man You prove Yourself blameless; with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd.

for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but He is a friend to the upright.
Verse ConceptsAbominationsBad InfluenceAbominations, To GodDeviousnessFriendship Kjv

There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;
the one who guards himself stays far from them.
Verse ConceptsThornsEvil AssociationsGod TrappingPitfalls

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; He repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not turned from my God to wickedness. Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind and have not disregarded His statutes. read more.
I was blameless before Him and kept myself from sinning. So the Lord repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight. With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful; with the blameless man You prove Yourself blameless; with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd.

So the Lord repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. With the faithful You prove Yourself faithful; with the blameless man You prove Yourself blameless; with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd.

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, rescuing you from the way of evil- from the one who says perverse things, [from] those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness, read more.
[from] those who enjoy doing evil and celebrate perversity,

A violent man lures his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good. The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions; the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

The lips of the righteous know what is appropriate,
but the mouth of the wicked, only what is perverse.


> Verse ConceptsLipsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfObscenity

I, Wisdom, share a home with shrewdness and have knowledge and discretion. To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom,
but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
Verse ConceptsBad LanguageMouthsCursingSevering Body PartsThe TongueTogethernesscutting


One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.
Verse ConceptsCondemned HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedProverbsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfTonguePerversionTwisted Ways

Doesn't Wisdom call out? Doesn't Understanding make her voice heard? At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand. Beside the gates at the entry to the city, at the main entrance, she cries out: read more.
"People, I call out to you; my cry is to mankind. Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish. Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right. For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips. All the words of my mouth are righteous; none of them are deceptive or perverse.


A guilty man’s conduct is crooked,
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.
Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedDeviousnessTwisted WaysPure People


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