Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Boasting » What not to boast of
for you don’t know what a day might bring.
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You don't even know what tomorrow will bring-what your life will be! For you are a bit of smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, "If the Lord wills, 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.
death » Preparation for
And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially based on each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your temporary residence.
and the number of my days.
Let me know how short-lived I am.
In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Put your affairs in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.
If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
Light is sweet, and it is pleasing for the eyes to see the sun. For if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, since they will be many. All that comes is futile.
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. The living, only the living can thank You, as I do today; a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.
"Be ready for service and have your lamps lit. You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open [the door] for him at once. Those slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.
Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Evil » What is evil
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You don't even know what tomorrow will bring-what your life will be! For you are a bit of smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, "If the Lord wills, 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.
When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
The heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately sick-who can understand it? I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.
he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,
even when the poor says what is right.
When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,
Verse Concepts
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live—after that they go to the dead.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler: The fool is appointed to great heights, but the rich remain in lowly positions. I have seen slaves on horses, but princes walking on the ground like slaves.
God » Will of, submission to » The rule of every-day life
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.
Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
natural Life » Described as » Uncertain
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You don't even know what tomorrow will bring-what your life will be! For you are a bit of smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.
Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Will » God's, submission to » The rule of every-day life
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.
Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”