Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Boasting » What not to boast of
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) instead of your saying, If the Lord should so will and we should live, we will also do this or that. read more.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Commerce » Called » Buying and selling
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
Evil » What is evil
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) instead of your saying, If the Lord should so will and we should live, we will also do this or that. read more.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
And Jehovah smelled the sweet odour. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done.
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it? I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
Verse Concepts
This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead.
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error that proceedeth from the ruler: folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is uncertain
But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) instead of your saying, If the Lord should so will and we should live, we will also do this or that.
Plans of men » Bold » Business man
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
Plans of men » Plans, examples of » Bold » Business man
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
Presuming upon time » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
Presumption » Warnings against
and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:
But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand, whether born in the land, or a stranger, he reproacheth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
But the prophet who shall presume to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.
Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.
Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Presumption » Exhibited in » Planning for futurity
And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
Presumption » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
Presumptuous plans » Examples of » Bold » Business man
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
Time » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain, ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, (for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)