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Thematic Bible




The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.

In the morning you will say, If only it was evening! And at evening you will say, If only morning would come! Because of the fear in your hearts and the things which your eyes will see.

Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.


Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had taken his oath it would be; and things became very hard for them.




How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!

This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.

You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false: So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.


For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

And the spirit of the Lord came on me, and he said to me, Say, These are the words of the Lord: This is what you have said, O children of Israel; what comes into your mind is clear to me.



For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.


And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.


But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.


Say to the children of Israel: These are the offerings of anyone who does wrong through error, doing any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done:

And if anyone does wrong, and does any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, though he has no knowledge of it, still he is in the wrong and he is responsible.

And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.


A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;


Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.



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