Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Rejection of the law of God
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou have rejected the word of LORD, he has also rejected thee from being king.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons. As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame. They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. read more.
And it shall be, like people, like priest. And I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
And it shall be, like people, like priest. And I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
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But that of the TRUE proverb has happened to them, The dog returning to his own vomit, and the sow that washed to wallowing in mire.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season. But they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that w
And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil. For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
in which also, having gone, he preached to the spirits in prison who were disobedient formerly, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah who prepared an ark in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through water.
As a dog who returns to his vomit, [is] a fool who repeats his folly.
How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
Thus says LORD to this people: Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
He who shuts his eyes devises perverse things. He who moves his lips brings evil to pass.
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.
because they rejected my ordinances, and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths, for their heart went after their idols.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, though he spares it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.