Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bridle » Figurative
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Deception » Who deceives themselves
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was. read more.
But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Deception » Of self » An unbridled tongue
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Doer » Of the word
But he said, Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law to themselves. Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing testimony, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else excusing one another)
Now therefore finish the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and immediately forgetteth what manner of man he was. read more.
But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
But he who looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » The tongue to be restrained
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Whoever keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
character of the unrenewed Heart » Deceived
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Slander » Men shall give account for
But I say to you, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Of restraining the tongue
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Whoever keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Speaking, evil » The tongue to be restrained
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Whoever keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Speech/communication » Those that do not keep their tongue
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Vanity » The religion of hypocrites is
If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.