Thematic Bible: Of sin
Thematic Bible
Cord » Figurative » Of sin
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Corruption » Figurative » Of sin
Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.
And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.
Defilement » Of sin
You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which you have made; and you have made your day come near, and the time of your judging has come; for this cause I have made you a name of shame to the nations and a cause of laughing to all countries.
For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.
By all your sin, even by your evil trading, you have made your holy places unclean; so I will make a fire come out from you, it will make a meal of you, and I will make you as dust on the earth before the eyes of all who see you.
By putting their doorstep by my doorstep, and the pillar of their door by the pillar of my door, with only a wall between me and them; and they have made my holy name unclean by the disgusting things which they have done: so in my wrath I sent destruction on them.
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
Defilement » Illustrative » Of sin
Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
Exposure » Of sin » Inevitable
God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.
But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
And the spirit of the Lord came on me, and he said to me, Say, These are the words of the Lord: This is what you have said, O children of Israel; what comes into your mind is clear to me.
For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.
That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:
For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
Insanity » Of sin » The rulers of israel
Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
Insanity » Of sin » The sons of men
This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
Insanity » Of sin » Nebuchadnezzar
That very hour the order about Nebuchadnezzar was put into effect: and he was sent out from among men, and had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair became long as eagles' feathers and his nails like those of birds. And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation.
Insanity » Of sin » balaam
But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet.
Insanity » Of sin » The prodigal son
But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
Insanity » Of sin » The jews
Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.
Love » Of home » Of sin
Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!
This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false: So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.