Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
For I have known of your many rebellions and your great sins that afflict the just and take a ransom and turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and said unto me, Say: Thus hath the LORD said, Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I have understood the things that come up into your spirit.
For my eyes are upon all their ways, which they have not hid from me, neither does their iniquity hide from the presence of my eyes.
If I sinned, wilt thou mark me and not cleanse me from my iniquity?
For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is sealed before me, saith the Lord GOD.
And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Fall of man » Cannot be remedied by man
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Likewise ye also cannot do good, being taught to do evil.
Who shall be able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is sealed before me, saith the Lord GOD.
Justification » Of self, impossible
Ye are empty of the Christ, whosoever of you that justify yourselves by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in the midst of her, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, said the Lord GOD.
For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is sealed before me, saith the Lord GOD.
How then can man be justified with God? Or how can he that is born of a woman be clean?
For by the deeds of the law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
And enter not into judgment with thy slave; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
I know it is so of a truth, but how shall a man be justified with God?
Man » Cannot cleanse himself
For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is sealed before me, saith the Lord GOD.
What is man that he should be clean and that he that is born of a woman should be justified?
Nitre » Lye, rv
For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is sealed before me, saith the Lord GOD.
Secret sins » Known to God
For I have known of your many rebellions and your great sins that afflict the just and take a ransom and turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and said unto me, Say: Thus hath the LORD said, Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I have understood the things that come up into your spirit.
For my eyes are upon all their ways, which they have not hid from me, neither does their iniquity hide from the presence of my eyes.
If I sinned, wilt thou mark me and not cleanse me from my iniquity?
For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is sealed before me, saith the Lord GOD.
And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Sin » Internal » Known to God
For I have known of your many rebellions and your great sins that afflict the just and take a ransom and turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and said unto me, Say: Thus hath the LORD said, Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I have understood the things that come up into your spirit.
For my eyes are upon all their ways, which they have not hid from me, neither does their iniquity hide from the presence of my eyes.
If I sinned, wilt thou mark me and not cleanse me from my iniquity?
For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is sealed before me, saith the Lord GOD.
And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Soap » A washing compound
For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is sealed before me, saith the Lord GOD.
But who may abide the time of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he shall be like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap: