Thematic Bible: Known to God


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How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,
Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionLove, Abuse OfMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption


“Though evil and wickedness are sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
Verse ConceptsMouthsSin, Love OfSweetnessThe Tonguewickedness


You love evil more than good,
And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
Verse ConceptsLoving EvilPsalm InterjectionsTelling The TruthLying And DeceitThe Environmentlieinglovers


Woe (judgment is coming) to those who drag along wickedness with cords of falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes [towing their own punishment];
Verse ConceptsCartsRopesPulling ThingsContinuing In SinWoe To The Wicked

Thus says the Lord to this people [Judah], “In the manner and to the degree [already pointed out] they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; He will now remember [in detail] their wickedness and punish them for their sins.” Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardRestlessnessRestraintSelf ControlWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerWanderersGod Remembering SinLoving Evil


“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;
Verse ConceptsDebaucheryHuman SkinSkinningBonesHating GoodLoving EvilHatehaters

Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false, In order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe in [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely on] the Truth, but [instead] took pleasure in unrighteousness.

So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsJustification, Necessity OfLegalismMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinOutward AppearanceRighteousness, As FaithSelf DeceptionSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterVisionAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesHow Jesus Knows The HeartBeing Seen By ManMen PleasersMan VindicatesSelf WorthSelf EsteemValueimportance

For everyone who does such things, everyone who acts unjustly [without personal integrity] is utterly repulsive to the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentSin, And God's CharacterAbominations, PracticesAbominations, To GodGod Hating Things

And when the time of mourning was past, David sent word and had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done [with Bathsheba] was evil in the sight of the Lord. Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterDavid's Wives


For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.
Verse ConceptsPleasing GodPleasureCharacter Of WickedNot Pleasing Godwickednessartists



These six things the Lord hates;
Indeed, seven are repulsive to Him:
Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesSheddingHate

And let none of you devise or even imagine evil in your heart against another, and do not love lying or half-truths; for all these things I hate,’ declares the Lord.” Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsPromises, HumanEvil PlansSin, And God's CharacterGod Hating Things


For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error. Verse ConceptsFutilityFaultsemptinessEloquenceCharmdesiresTemptation, Sources OfEnticersBoastersAllurements Of SinWantonnessLiving For The MaterialEnticingUseless WordsEscaping From PeopleEvil DesiresError

when I saw among the spoils [in Jericho] a beautiful robe from Shinar (southern Babylon) and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I wanted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.” Verse ConceptsBeautifulCriminalsCoveting, prohibition ofBad Decision Making ExamplesGreed, Condemnation OfLove, Abuse OfRobesSelf IndulgenceTemptation, Universality OfTreasureVisionCovetousness, Results InCovetousness, Example OfBeauty, In ArtefactsConcealment, Of SinAllurements Of SinYielding To TemptationThings UnderOuter GarmentsFine ClothesSpecific Sums Of Money



“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden];
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Verse ConceptsSecrecyStealingAllurements Of SinActing In SecretThose Who Committed Adultery

But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion). Verse ConceptsSeductionSelf IndulgenceTemptation, Sources OfEnticementAllurements Of SinEvil PassionsSin, Love OfEnticingEvil DesiresBeing TemptedTemptationnatural DeathPassion


For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable),
You who distress the righteous and take bribes,
And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingCruelty, examples ofBribery, Results OfInjustice, Examples OfOffenceGod's Knowledge Of PeopleRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSin, And God's CharacterExposure Of SinBusiness At The GatewayNot Helping The Pooroppression

Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “This is what you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleExposure Of SinThe Spirit Of The LordMan's ThoughtsThoughts Of The WickedGod Knowing the Human Heart




“But now You number [each of] my steps;
You do not observe nor take note of my sin.
Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSteps Of The Saints



But they do not consider in their hearts (minds)
That I remember [always] all their wickedness.
Now their deeds surround and entangle them;
They are before My face.
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleAbsence Of ThoughtSin, And God's CharacterSin, Known To GodExposure Of SinThings SurroundingGod Remembering Sin


For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable),
You who distress the righteous and take bribes,
And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingCruelty, examples ofBribery, Results OfInjustice, Examples OfOffenceGod's Knowledge Of PeopleRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversSin, And God's CharacterExposure Of SinBusiness At The GatewayNot Helping The Pooroppression

Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “This is what you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleExposure Of SinThe Spirit Of The LordMan's ThoughtsThoughts Of The WickedGod Knowing the Human Heart




“But now You number [each of] my steps;
You do not observe nor take note of my sin.
Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSteps Of The Saints



But they do not consider in their hearts (minds)
That I remember [always] all their wickedness.
Now their deeds surround and entangle them;
They are before My face.
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleAbsence Of ThoughtSin, And God's CharacterSin, Known To GodExposure Of SinThings SurroundingGod Remembering Sin



How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,
Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionLove, Abuse OfMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption


“Though evil and wickedness are sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,
Verse ConceptsMouthsSin, Love OfSweetnessThe Tonguewickedness


You love evil more than good,
And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
Verse ConceptsLoving EvilPsalm InterjectionsTelling The TruthLying And DeceitThe Environmentlieinglovers


Woe (judgment is coming) to those who drag along wickedness with cords of falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes [towing their own punishment];
Verse ConceptsCartsRopesPulling ThingsContinuing In SinWoe To The Wicked

Thus says the Lord to this people [Judah], “In the manner and to the degree [already pointed out] they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; He will now remember [in detail] their wickedness and punish them for their sins.” Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardRestlessnessRestraintSelf ControlWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerWanderersGod Remembering SinLoving Evil


“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;
Verse ConceptsDebaucheryHuman SkinSkinningBonesHating GoodLoving EvilHatehaters

Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false, In order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe in [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely on] the Truth, but [instead] took pleasure in unrighteousness.

So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsJustification, Necessity OfLegalismMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinOutward AppearanceRighteousness, As FaithSelf DeceptionSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterVisionAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesHow Jesus Knows The HeartBeing Seen By ManMen PleasersMan VindicatesSelf WorthSelf EsteemValueimportance

For everyone who does such things, everyone who acts unjustly [without personal integrity] is utterly repulsive to the Lord your God. Verse ConceptsAbominationsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentSin, And God's CharacterAbominations, PracticesAbominations, To GodGod Hating Things

And when the time of mourning was past, David sent word and had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done [with Bathsheba] was evil in the sight of the Lord. Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterDavid's Wives


For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.
Verse ConceptsPleasing GodPleasureCharacter Of WickedNot Pleasing Godwickednessartists



These six things the Lord hates;
Indeed, seven are repulsive to Him:
Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, To GodAbominations, PracticesSheddingHate

And let none of you devise or even imagine evil in your heart against another, and do not love lying or half-truths; for all these things I hate,’ declares the Lord.” Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsPromises, HumanEvil PlansSin, And God's CharacterGod Hating Things


For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error. Verse ConceptsFutilityFaultsemptinessEloquenceCharmdesiresTemptation, Sources OfEnticersBoastersAllurements Of SinWantonnessLiving For The MaterialEnticingUseless WordsEscaping From PeopleEvil DesiresError

when I saw among the spoils [in Jericho] a beautiful robe from Shinar (southern Babylon) and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I wanted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.” Verse ConceptsBeautifulCriminalsCoveting, prohibition ofBad Decision Making ExamplesGreed, Condemnation OfLove, Abuse OfRobesSelf IndulgenceTemptation, Universality OfTreasureVisionCovetousness, Results InCovetousness, Example OfBeauty, In ArtefactsConcealment, Of SinAllurements Of SinYielding To TemptationThings UnderOuter GarmentsFine ClothesSpecific Sums Of Money



“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden];
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Verse ConceptsSecrecyStealingAllurements Of SinActing In SecretThose Who Committed Adultery

But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion). Verse ConceptsSeductionSelf IndulgenceTemptation, Sources OfEnticementAllurements Of SinEvil PassionsSin, Love OfEnticingEvil DesiresBeing TemptedTemptationnatural DeathPassion