Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Alertness » What to be aware of
"Look, I'm sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves. Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues, beware of them. You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend. Don't trust any brother, for every brother will certainly deceive, and every friend spread slander. Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong. You live in [a world] of deception. In [their] deception they refuse to know Me. [This is] the Lord's declaration.
Someone from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." "Friend," He said to him, "who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?" He then told them, "Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one's life is not in the abundance of his possessions." read more.
Then He told them a parable: "A rich man's land was very productive. He thought to himself, 'What should I do, since I don't have anywhere to store my crops? I will do this,' he said. 'I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there. Then I'll say to myself, "You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." ' "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared-whose will they be?' "That's how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
Then He told them a parable: "A rich man's land was very productive. He thought to himself, 'What should I do, since I don't have anywhere to store my crops? I will do this,' he said. 'I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there. Then I'll say to myself, "You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." ' "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared-whose will they be?' "That's how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
Watch out for “dogs,” watch out for evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
and its residents speak lies;
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
“Everyone is a liar.”
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
and incurable—who can understand it?
Verse Concepts
Faithfulness, In Human RelationshipsDeceitful Heartsevil, origins ofBeing Born In SinHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHuman NatureMedicineMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationDeception In Fallen Human NatureCorrupted ConsciencesSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, Causes OfSin, Universality OfSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedDepravity Of Man
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to each other
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
Deceit » Use, to each other
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
So I join with Jazer to weep for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer [fruit] and your harvest. Joy and rejoicing have been removed from the orchard; no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards. No one tramples grapes in the winepresses. I have put an end to the shouting. Therefore I moan like [the sound of] a lyre for Moab, [as does] my innermost being for Kir-heres.
If my head were water, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people. If only I had a traveler's lodging place in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a solemn assembly of treacherous people. They bent their tongues [like] their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take Me into account. [This is] the Lord's declaration. read more.
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend. Don't trust any brother, for every brother will certainly deceive, and every friend spread slander. Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong. You live in [a world] of deception. In [their] deception they refuse to know Me. [This is] the Lord's declaration. Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: I am about to refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of My dear people?
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend. Don't trust any brother, for every brother will certainly deceive, and every friend spread slander. Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong. You live in [a world] of deception. In [their] deception they refuse to know Me. [This is] the Lord's declaration. Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: I am about to refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of My dear people?
Trust » Who not to trust in
Indeed, we personally had a death sentence within ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend. Don't trust any brother, for every brother will certainly deceive, and every friend spread slander. Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong. You live in [a world] of deception. In [their] deception they refuse to know Me. [This is] the Lord's declaration.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in nobles.
in man, who cannot save.
How sad for me! For I am like one who- when the summer fruit has been gathered after the gleaning of the grape harvest- [finds] no grape cluster to eat, no early fig, which I crave. Godly people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net. Both hands are good at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together. read more.
The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, [the day of] your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here. Do not rely on a friend; don't trust in a close companion. Seal your mouth from the woman who lies in your arms. For a son considers his father a fool, a daughter opposes her mother, and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law; a person's enemies are the people in his own home.
The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, [the day of] your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here. Do not rely on a friend; don't trust in a close companion. Seal your mouth from the woman who lies in your arms. For a son considers his father a fool, a daughter opposes her mother, and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law; a person's enemies are the people in his own home.
Truth » Adaption of » Attitude of wicked toward
and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.
You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?
Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith.
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.
Truth » Attitude of the wicked toward
and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.
You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?
Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith.
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge Myself
on such a nation as this?
Truth » The evil people » Punished for want of
and everyone who lives in it languishes,
along with the wild animals
even the fish of the sea disappear.
for the Lord has a case
against the inhabitants of the land:
There is no truth,
and no knowledge of God
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge Myself
on such a nation as this?
Truth » The wicked » Speak not
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
Truth » The evil people » Speak not
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.