Thematic Bible: Neglect of


Thematic Bible



""Meroz is cursed!' declared the angel of the LORD. "Utterly and totally cursed are its inhabitants, because they never came to the aid of the LORD, to the aid of the LORD against the valiant warriors!'"

"Everyone who keeps on hearing these messages of mine and never puts them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

They asked, "What one group of the tribes of Israel didn't come up to meet the LORD at Mizpah?" It turned out that no one had come to the encampment from Jabesh-gilead,

Next to them the Tekoites worked valiantly, even though their leading officials weren't fully dedicated to the work of their lord.

But they in their kingdom in the midst of your great goodness that you gave them and in the large and fertile land that you provided them did not serve you or turn away from their evil deeds.

Then you should've invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would've received my money back with interest.'

That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.

What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?



I was a stranger, and you didn't welcome me. I was naked, and you didn't clothe me. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

For he didn't think to extend gracious love; he harassed to death the poor, the needy, and the broken hearted.



You haven't strengthened the weak, treated the sick, set broken bones, regathered the scattered, or looked for the lost. Instead, you've dominated them with brutal force and ruthlessness.

for I am now raising up a shepherd in the land who will neither search for the lost, nor care for the young, nor fix the broken, nor sustain the healthy. Instead, he will devour the meat of the best of the sheep, tearing off their hoofs."

A beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores, was brought to his gate. He was always trying to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs used to come and lick his sores.


As it's written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has befallen us, but we still haven't sought the LORD our God by turning from our lawlessness to pay attention to your truth.

those who turn away from the LORD, don't seek the LORD, and never ask for his help."

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.


You want something but do not get it, so you commit murder. You covet something but cannot obtain it, so you quarrel and fight. You do not get things because you do not ask for them!

"And yet you didn't call upon me, Jacob; indeed, you are tired of me, Israel!


They all burn like an oven; they have consumed their judges; all their kings have fallen not even one of them calls on me.


"This what the LORD says: "I'll answer you in a time of favor, and on a day of salvation I'll help you. I have watched over you, and given you as a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to reassign the inheritances that have been devastated;



As for me, LORD, may my prayer to you come at a favorable time. God, in the abundance of your gracious love, answer me with your sure deliverance.

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the flock in his care. If only you would listen to his voice today,


See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is from heaven!

how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,


However, if you warn the wicked to turn from his behavior and he does not do so, he will die in his guilt, and you will have saved yourself."




Every single one of them began asking to be excused. The first told him, "I bought a field, and I need to go out and inspect it. Please excuse me.'


For this people's minds have become stupid, and their ears can barely hear, and they have shut their eyes so that they may never see with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn and let me heal them."'


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