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 forth.
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes. You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that." read more.
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
But 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 this or that town and spend a year there and do business 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 this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
Evil » What is evil
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes. You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that." read more.
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.
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"Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water."
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The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it? I, the Lord, probe into people's minds. I examine people's hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.
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But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
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This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives -- then they die.
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I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes. Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions. I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking on foot like slaves.
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is uncertain
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes. You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then 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 this or that town and spend a year there and do business 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 this or that town and spend a year there and do business 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 this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
Presumption » Warnings against
especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,
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"'But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the Lord. That person must be cut off from among his people.
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One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, "What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!"
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."
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"But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.
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And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.
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You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah.
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Presumption » Exhibited in » Planning for futurity
Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger 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 this or that town and spend a year there and do business 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 this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
Presumptuous plans » Examples of » Bold » Business man
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
Each one says, 'Come on, I'll get some wine! Let's guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We'll have everything we want!'
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And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."
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Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
Each one says, 'Come on, I'll get some wine! Let's guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We'll have everything we want!'
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And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
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Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business 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 this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.