Thematic Bible: Lead to
Thematic Bible
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Lead to » Disregard of the judgments and works of God
And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.
Woe to those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel. Pass ye over to Calneh and see, And go thence to Hamath the great, And go down to Gath of the Philistines, Are they better than these kingdoms? Greater is their border than your border? Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence, read more.
Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall, Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music; Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And with chief perfumes anoint themselves, And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.
Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall, Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music; Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And with chief perfumes anoint themselves, And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Lead to » Poverty
Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Lead to » Rejection of God
And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired. What is the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Disappointment
The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Want
Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Poverty
Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread.
Poor is he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Ruin
Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Tattling and meddling
and at the same time also, they learn to be idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Bondage
The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
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