Thematic Bible: God will judge


Thematic Bible



And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies. Verse ConceptsAdultery, Consequences OfGod, Righteousness OfInjustice, Hated By GodMastersMoney, Stewardship OfOppression, Nature OfOrphansPerjuryPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRiches, Dangers OfServants, Working Conditions OfSexual Sin, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of The InnocentWagesWidowsAliens, God's AttitudeHirelingsDivinationStrangersEmployersThreateningsOppressing ForeignersSpeedThe Witness Of GodThose OppressedAdulteryNo Fear Of GodNot Helping WidowsSorceryImmigrantswitches

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink. Verse ConceptsCowsThe NeedyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Nature OfPoor, The Wicked Response ToAlcohol ConsumptionGetting WineWomen Doing WrongNot Helping The Poorwomanhood

But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts. Verse ConceptsDeceitful HeartsAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstHeart, Fallen And RedeemedOppression, Nature OfProfitsSelf IndulgenceInnocent BloodSheddingKilling The InnocentOppressorsCovetousnessDishonestyoppression



In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow. Verse ConceptsAliens, God's AttitudeAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstOppression, God's Attitude ToOrphansParentsWidowsWicked Children, Regard To ParentsChildren, UngratefulOppressing ForeignersOppressorsNot Helping WidowsNot Honouring Parents


If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they. Verse ConceptsOppressorsAuthorityNot Helping The PoorInjusticeoppressionsurprises

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain