Thematic Bible: Of men
Thematic Bible
Commandments » Of men » The ten
And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, writing them on two stone tablets.
Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
You must not have any other gods besides me.
The Lord then wrote on the tablets the same words, the ten commandments, which he had spoken to you at the mountain from the middle of the fire at the time of that assembly, and he gave them to me.
There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.
Faithfulness » Of men » The workmen under hilkiah
They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair. The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,
Faithfulness » Of men » Required of stewards
Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.
Faithfulness » Of men » Nehemiah's treasurers
I gave instructions that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.
Faithfulness » Of men » The workmen under jehoiada
They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.
Faithfulness » Of men » Of joseph
So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.
Faithfulness » Of men » of moses
Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.
Faithfulness » Of men » Of daniel
Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption.
Folly » Of men » General references to
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
The one who gives an answer before he listens -- that is his folly and his shame.
I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:
Folly » Of men » Revealed
But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.
Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.
The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people publicize folly.
The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.
Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.