Thematic Bible: Increment
Thematic Bible
Sins » Increment » Misery
Fools, because of their rebellious way,
And because of their sins, were afflicted.
“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.
Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.
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Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are making war against me, and God has left me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you to make known to me what I should do.”
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In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’—because of the dread in your heart with which you tremble, and because of the sight of your eyes which you will see.
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Good understanding wins favor [from others],
But the way of the unfaithful is hard [like barren, dry soil].
There will be tribulation and anguish [torturing confinement] for every human soul who does [or permits] evil, to the Jew first and also to the Greek,
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Wherever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil (misfortune), as the Lord had spoken, and as the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.
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Destruction and misery are in their paths,
Sins » Increment » Origin
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise and insightful, she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
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I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
Then when the illicit desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin has run its course, it gives birth to death.
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What leads to [the unending] quarrels and conflicts among you? Do they not come from your [hedonistic] desires that wage war in your [bodily] members [fighting for control over you]?
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Sins » Increment » Illustrated in the life of backsliders
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world by [personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition has become worse for them than the first.
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Sins » Increment » Seen in the history of israel
and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongdoings have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has grown to the heavens.
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‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
They
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Sins » Increment » Will become more evident in the last days
But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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Sins » Increment » Shown by increasing insensitiveness of the spiritual faculties
Sins » Increment » The steps in peter's fall illustrate
Then he began to curse [that is, to invoke God’s judgment on himself] and swear [an oath], “I do not know the man!” And at that moment a rooster crowed.
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