Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Boasting » What not to boast of
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." read more.
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Commerce » Called » Buying and selling
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--
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Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
Evil » What is evil
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." read more.
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
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for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."
As for the scoundrel--his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.
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The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
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There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is uncertain
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
Plans of men » Bold » Business man
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--
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Plans of men » Plans, examples of » Bold » Business man
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--
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Presuming upon time » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
Presumption » Warnings against
and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,
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But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
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"Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--
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But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.'
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We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents,
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"You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
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Presumption » Exhibited in » Planning for futurity
And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--
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Presumption » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
Presumptuous plans » Examples of » Bold » Business man
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
"Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
"Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--
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Time » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Indulging in dreams of future gain
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.