Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Boasting » Boasting, the folly of
For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
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There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto God for him,
{To the Chanter, an exhortation of David when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul, and showed him, saying: David is come to the house of Abimelech} Thy boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant, that thou canst do mischief, whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily?
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"It is naught; It is naught," sayeth he that buyeth anything: but when he cometh to his own house, then he boasteth of his pennyworth.
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Whoso maketh great boasts and giveth nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.
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Make not thy boast of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what may happen today.
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even so the tongue is little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a thing a little fire kindleth,
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But now ye rejoice in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.
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Boasting » What not to boast of
Make not thy boast of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what may happen today.
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Go to now, ye that say, "Today and tomorrow let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy, and sell, and win," and yet cannot tell what shall happen tomorrow. For what thing is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that." read more.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.
Evil » What is evil
Go to now, ye that say, "Today and tomorrow let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy, and sell, and win," and yet cannot tell what shall happen tomorrow. For what thing is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that." read more.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and said in his heart, "I will henceforth no more curse the earth for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from the very youth of him. Moreover I will not destroy from henceforth all that liveth as I have done.
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For my people hath done two evils: They have forsaken me, the well of the water of life; and digged them pits, yea, vile and broken pits, that hold no water.
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Among all things living, man hath the most deceitful and unsearchable heart. Who shall then know it? "Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."
These are the perilous weapons of the covetous, these be his shameful counsels: that he may beguile the poor with deceitful works, yea, even there as he should give sentence with the poor.
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And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,
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Among all things that come to pass under the Sun, this is a mystery, that it happeneth unto all alike. This is the cause also that the hearts of men are full of wickedness, and mad foolishness is in their hearts, as long as they live, until they die.
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Another plague is there, which I have seen under the sun; namely, the ignorance that is commonly among princes: in that a fool sitteth in great dignity, and the rich are set down beneath. I see servants ride upon horses, and princes going upon their feet as it were servants.