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So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry against Israel. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGod's Intolerance Of EvilJoined To Evilalignment

So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you slay his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.” Verse ConceptsJudgesBaal Worship, Nature OfJoined To Evilalignment

Your eyes have seen what the Lord has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the Lord your God has destroyed them from among you. Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleLooking At God's Works

They joined themselves also to Baal-peor,
And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryBaal Worship, Nature OfSacrifice, In OtYokesIdolatry Consists OfJoined To Evilalignment

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness. Verse ConceptsBad Items

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes. Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkVinegarDrinking No WineAlcoholic BeveragesAlcoholicsbeeralcoholism

Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsGrapesOppression, God's Attitude ToPoverty, Remedies ForRightsVineyardStrangersGleaningLoving ForeignersThe Lord Is GodLaws About AgricultureAliens

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitThornsFigsThistlesDistinguishingpersonality

“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your basket. Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersBaskets, Uses OfGrapesVineyard

“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. Verse ConceptsGrapesVineyardDoing Things Twice

“In those days they will not say again,
The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’
Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfDentistrySins Of The FathersFamily SolidarityparentingParenting ResponsibilitiesParents Being WrongFathers Responsibilitiesgrandfathers

What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfTeethInfidelity To GodParents SinDentistrySins Of The FathersChildren SufferingOld SayingsFathers Responsibilitiesgrandfathersparenthood

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. Verse ConceptsThornsWeedsBramblesDistinguishingRecognising Things

It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. "For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Verse ConceptsAlcoholBread, Figurative OfEating, Metaphorical UseWinePursuing Violencewickedness

Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.
Verse ConceptsGiftsAliancesAmbition, negative aspects ofWicked RulersJudgesPower, HumanReward, HumanSkillRulers, WickedCharacter Of WickedGuileAmbidextrousTwo Of Body PartsContinuing In SinLording It


in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.

Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdogsVomittingSin, Love OfWicked Described AsSinning RepeatedlyFoolspoop

How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!
Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionLove, Abuse OfMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption

Thus says the Lord to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.” Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardRestlessnessRestraintSelf ControlWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerWanderersGod Remembering SinLoving Evil

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He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
Verse ConceptsLipsEvil DevicesPlottingWinkingMoving Onmovement

Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfPleasureFools, Description OfMischiefDiscernmentFoolsSportsFunwickednessactingjoking

because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols. Verse ConceptsRejecting ThingsNature Of IdolatrySabbath ViolatedThey Do Not Keep Commands

"Though evil is sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue, Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth,

They feed on the sin of My people
And direct their desire toward their iniquity.
Verse ConceptsContinuing In Sin


I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

Then one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, for they did not know what they were. Verse ConceptsUnknown ThingsHerbsWeedpot

So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry against Israel. Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGod's Intolerance Of EvilJoined To Evilalignment

Your eyes have seen what the Lord has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the Lord your God has destroyed them from among you. Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleLooking At God's Works

They joined themselves also to Baal-peor,
And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryBaal Worship, Nature OfSacrifice, In OtYokesIdolatry Consists OfJoined To Evilalignment

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

Is not the iniquity of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the Lord, Verse ConceptsPurifying Oneself