Thematic Bible: Of the wicked
Thematic Bible
Character » Of the wicked » Reprobate
Test yourselves [to see] if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ [is] in you, unless you are unqualified?
And {just as} Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, people corrupted in mind, disqualified concerning the faith.
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny [him], [because they] are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed.
Character » Of the wicked » Disobedient
For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.
"But they rebelled and were rebellious against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them to turn back to you, and they did great blasphemies.
Therefore the honor [is] for you who believe, but for those who refuse to believe, "The stone that the builders rejected, this one has become {the cornerstone},"
Character » Of the wicked » Proud
for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of a rock, the heights of its dwelling, [you who] say in your heart: 'Who can bring me down [to the] ground?'
[By] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips, even in their pride, let them be trapped, and for [the] curses and lies they proclaim.
Character » Of the wicked » Despising saints
But Sanballat the Horonite, the Ammonite servant Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard it, and they mocked and despised us, saying, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
Then he said before his brothers and the army of Samaria, "What are the feeble Jews doing? Will they restore [these things] for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the piles of rubble--even those burned up?"
hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good, traitors, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God,
Character » Of the wicked » Lying
The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.
They only plan to thrust [him] down from his high position; they are pleased [with] deception. With their mouths they bless, but {inwardly} they curse. Selah
There is nobody {who pleads with} justice, and there is nobody who judges with honesty. They rely on nothing and speak vanity. They conceive trouble and beget iniquity;
Character » Of the wicked » Murderous
He sits in ambush in villages; in the hiding places he kills [the] innocent. His eyes {lurk} for [the] helpless.
They kill widow and stranger, and they murder orphans,
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,
Character » Of the wicked » Conspiring against saints
So all of them plotted together to come fight against Jerusalem and to make trouble for it.
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet together in [one of] the villages in the plain of Ono." But they planned to do evil to me.
Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.
Character » Of the wicked » Sold under sin
Then Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" He said, "I have found you because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
They made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, they practiced divination and read omens, and they sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke him.
Character » Of the wicked » Sensual
whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the stomach, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.
These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, not having the Spirit.
Character » Of the wicked » Hating the light
"Those are among [the ones] rebelling [against the] light; they do not recognize his ways, and they do not stay in his paths.
For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.
Character » Of the wicked » Enticing to evil
For from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires,
My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause. Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}. read more.
We shall find all precious wealth, we shall fill our houses [with] booty, you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."
We shall find all precious wealth, we shall fill our houses [with] booty, you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us."
Character » Of the wicked » Hypocritical
maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these [people].
And the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with its mouth, and with its lips it honors me, and its heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,
Character » Of the wicked » Prayerless
Who [is] Shaddai that we should serve him, or what would we benefit when we plead with him?'
Do not evildoers know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on God.
Character » Of the wicked » Fraudulent
Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.
Character » Of the wicked » Froward
I was angry because of his sin of gain, and I struck him; I hid and I was angry, but he walked apostate, in the ways of his heart.
Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure [is] upright [in] his conduct.
Character » Of the wicked » Unjust
With the death of a wicked person, hope will die, and the expectation of the godless perishes.
We became pregnant, we writhed; we gave birth [to] wind. We cannot bring about deliverance [on the] earth, and no inhabitants of [the] world are born.
Character » Of the wicked » Alienated from God
being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
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And {although you were formerly alienated} and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds,
Character » Of the wicked » Evil doers
Can a Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] you also will be able to do good, [who] are accustomed to doing evil.
Their hands [are] upon evil, to do [it] well; the official and the judge ask for the bribe, and the great [man] utters the evil desire of his soul; and they weave [it] together.
Character » Of the wicked » Unclean
who, becoming callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness, for the pursuit of all uncleanness in greediness.
And we all have become like the unclean, and all our deeds of justice like a menstrual cloth, And we all wither like leaf, and our iniquities take us away like the wind.
Character » Of the wicked » Blasphemous
And people were burned up [by the] great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory.
Character » Of the wicked » Unprofitable
And throw the worthless slave into the outer darkness--in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'
All have turned aside together; they have become worthless; [There] is no one who practices kindness; [there] is not even one.
Character » Of the wicked » Blinded
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance [that] is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,
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Spiritual DeathDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinFall Of Man, Consequences OfCommunicationGod, Revelation OfHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedLonelinessReconciliation, Of The World To GodSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfStubbornness, Consequences OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfVeilsApathyCharacter Of WickedNations DescribedIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToInsensibilityEstrangement
Character » Of the wicked » Corrupt
In the [same] way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,
Character » Of the wicked » Fierce
hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,
A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way [that is] not good.
Character » Of the wicked » Stiff-necked
"[You] stiff-necked [people] and uncircumcised in hearts and in [your] ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers [did], [so] also [do] you!
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Say to the {Israelites}, 'You [are] a stiff-necked people; [if] one moment I were to go up among you, I would destroy you. And now take down your ornaments from on you, and I will {decide} what I will do to you."
Character » Of the wicked » Mischievous
Their hands [are] upon evil, to do [it] well; the official and the judge ask for the bribe, and the great [man] utters the evil desire of his soul; and they weave [it] together.
Character » Of the wicked » Unthankful
for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Character » Of the wicked » Envious
For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.
But when Sanballat the Horonite and the Ammonite servant Tobiah heard [this], {they were greatly displeased} that a person had come to seek the welfare of the {Israelites}.
Character » Of the wicked » Fearful
The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.
But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
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The DeadAbominationsCowardiceAdultery and DivorceBackbitingFaithlessness, As DisobedienceAdultery, Results Ofevil, victory overethics, and graceAromasHell, As An ExperienceLiesMurderPunishment, By GodSexualitySexual Sin, Nature OfSin, God's Judgment OnSorcery And MagicSulphurUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelieversLake Of FireLiarsPunishment Of the WickedCharacter Of Wicked
Unbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyEternal DeathGehennaBrimstoneNecromancyThe Second DeathFire Of HellNot Believing The GospelFate Of IdolatersJudgement On MurderersThe End Of LiarsSpiritual DeathBenefits Of HeavenUniversalismSexual Immorality Brings PunishmentSorcerygaysBeing GayDrugsmagicwitchescheaterslakesUnbelief Toward Christ
Character » Of the wicked » Delighting in the iniquity of others
those who are happy to do evil, [for] they delight in [the] deviousness of evil,
who, [although they] know the requirements of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do they do the same [things], but also they approve of those who do [them].
Character » Of the wicked » Hostile to God
And {although you were formerly alienated} and enemies in attitude, because of your evil deeds,
because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],
Character » Of the wicked » Persecuting
because they persecute [those] whom you, yourself, have struck, and they tell of the pain of [those] you have wounded.
because he did not remember to show loyal love, but he pursued anyone, poor or needy or brokenhearted, to slay [them].
Character » Of the wicked » Covetous
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,
They covet fields and seize [them], and houses, and they take [them] away. They oppress a man and his house; a man and his inheritance.
Character » Of the wicked » Foolish
[Like] this do you treat Yahweh, foolish and {unwise} people? [Has] he not, your father, created you? He made you, and he established you.
The boastful do not stand before your eyes. You hate all evildoers.
Character » Of the wicked » Ignorant of God
with burning flame giving punishment to those who do not know God and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus,
Hear the word of Yahweh, children of Israel, for Yahweh has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or loyalty, there is no knowledge of God in the land.
Character » Of the wicked » Deceitful
You destroy speakers of lies. {A man of bloodshed} and deceit Yahweh abhors.
Their throat [is] an opened grave; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps [is] under their lips,
Character » Of the wicked » Rebellious
Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for Yahweh has spoken: "I reared children and I brought [them] up, but they rebelled against me.
For it [is] a people of rebellion, deceitful children, children [who are] not willing to hear the instruction of Yahweh,
Character » Of the wicked » Boastful
for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt.
those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?
Character » Of the wicked » Infidel
{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.
Character » Of the wicked » Unruly
For there are many rebellious [people], idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
Character » Of the wicked » Rejoicing in the affliction of saints
But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.
Character » Of the wicked » Glorying in their shame
whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the stomach, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.
Character » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised in heart
Egypt, Judah, and Edom, and the {Ammonites}, and Moab, and all those who are trimmed to [the] side, those who live in the desert, for all the nations [are] uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised of heart."
Character » Of the wicked » Forgetting God
So [are] the paths of all who forget God; and [the] hope of [the] godless will perish,
Character » Of the wicked » Destructive
Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction [are] in their highways.
Character » Of the wicked » UnGodly
A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips [are] like a scorching fire.
Character » Of the wicked » Lovers of pleasure, not of God
traitors, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God,
Character » Of the wicked » Stiff-hearted
And the children [are] {impudent} and {stubborn}, [and so] I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh!'
Character » Of the wicked » Hard-hearted
And the house of Israel, they are not willing to listen to you, for they [are] not willing to listen to me, for all of the house of Israel is hard of forehead, and they [are] hard of heart.
Character » Of the wicked » Incontinent
hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,
Character » Of the wicked » Abominable
But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
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Character » Of the wicked » Unmerciful
senseless, faithless, unfeeling, unmerciful,
Character » Of the wicked » Loathsome
The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.
Character » Of the wicked » Untoward
And with many other words he solemnly urged and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation!"
Character » Of the wicked » Perverse
They [have] behaved corruptly toward him; [they are] not his children; [this is] their flaw, a generation crooked and perverse.
Character » Of the wicked » Impudent
And the children [are] {impudent} and {stubborn}, [and so] I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh!'
Character » Of the wicked » Unholy
for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Character » Of the wicked » Heady and high-minded
traitors, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God,
Character » Of the wicked » Selfish
for people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Character » Of the wicked » Unwise
[Like] this do you treat Yahweh, foolish and {unwise} people? [Has] he not, your father, created you? He made you, and he established you.
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
"They will die by diseases, they will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be as dung on the face of the earth. And they will perish by the sword and they will perish by the famine. And their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air, and for the wild animals of the earth."
Have I delight by any means [in the] death of [the] wicked, {declares} the Lord Yahweh, [and] not at his turning from his way, {so that} he lives?
Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.
He shall die {for lack of} discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.
Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being [honorably] buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also [is] vanity!
At [the] time of evening, and look, terror! Before morning he is no more. This [is] the fate of those who plunder us and [the] lot of those who plunder us.
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
"They will die by diseases, they will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be as dung on the face of the earth. And they will perish by the sword and they will perish by the famine. And their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air, and for the wild animals of the earth."
Have I delight by any means [in the] death of [the] wicked, {declares} the Lord Yahweh, [and] not at his turning from his way, {so that} he lives?
Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.
He shall die {for lack of} discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.
Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being [honorably] buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also [is] vanity!
At [the] time of evening, and look, terror! Before morning he is no more. This [is] the fate of those who plunder us and [the] lot of those who plunder us.
ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God
And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, {I have sent them over and over again}, {saying}, 'Turn back please each one from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and you must not go after other gods to serve them, {so that you may live} on the land that I gave to you and to your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear and you did not listen to me.
Yet they did not obey, and they did not incline their ear, but they walked in [their own] plans, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and {they became worse instead of better}.
ears » Of the wicked » Stopped against God's word
Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear
But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.
ears » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised
"[You] stiff-necked [people] and uncircumcised in hearts and in [your] ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers [did], [so] also [do] you!
To whom shall I speak and admonish, that they may hear? Look, their ears [are] {closed}, and they are not able to listen attentively. Look, the word of Yahweh is to them an object of scorn, they do not delight in it.
ears » Of the wicked » Turned away from God's law
He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.
ears » Of the wicked » Itching
For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but in accordance with their own desires, they will accumulate for themselves teachers, {because they have an insatiable curiosity},
Expectation » Of the wicked
Ashkelon will see and will be afraid, and Gaza will writhe exceedingly, and Ekron [also], because its hope is ruined. And the king from Gaza will perish, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
With the death of a wicked person, hope will die, and the expectation of the godless perishes.
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.
The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
And [when] Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know truly that the Lord has sent out his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and all {that the Jewish people expected}!"
Feet » People found at Christ's » Of the wicked
a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,
Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction [are] in their highways.
Feet » Of the wicked » Swift to shed blood
Feet » Of the wicked » Ensnared
[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.
Feet » Of the wicked » Swift to mischief
a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,
Glory » Of the wicked » Is in their shame
whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the stomach, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.
Glory » Of the wicked » Ends in destruction
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat, and it has opened wide its mouth without limit, and her nobles will go down, and her multitude, her tumult and those who revel in her.
Goat » Illustrative » Of the wicked
{My anger burns} against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders, because Yahweh of hosts watches over his flock, the house of Judah; and he will make them like his majestic horse in war.
And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right and the goats on the left.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.
While the meat [was] still between their teeth, before it was consumed, Yahweh was angry with the people, and Yahweh struck a very great plague among the people.
Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin. How they become a desolation in a moment! They come to a complete end by terrors. Like a dream upon awakening, when [you] wake up, O Lord, you will despise their fleeting form.
And I will exterminate from them the sound of jubilation, and the sound of joy, [the] voice of [the] bridegroom, and [the] voice of [the] bride, [the] sound of [the] millstones, and [the] light of [the] lamp. And all this land will become a site of ruins, a desolation, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated
"Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good [things] during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad [things]. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain.
And he told a parable to them, saying, "The land of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.' And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather in there all my grain and possessions. read more.
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" ' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" ' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree. Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints
You [will be] in the right, Yahweh, when I complain to you. Even so, let me speak [my] claims with you. Why does [the] way of [the] wicked succeed? All those who deal treacherously with treachery are at ease.
because I envied the boastful [when] I saw [the] well-being of [the] wicked.
Your eyes [are] too pure to see evil, and you are not able to look at wrongdoing. Why do you look at the treacherous? [Why] are you silent when the wicked swallows up [someone] more righteous than him?
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Gluttony
But look! Joy and gladness, the killing of oxen and the slaughtering of sheep, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine! "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"
Therefore he sacrifices to his fishnet and makes offerings to his dragnet, for by them {he makes a good living} and his food [is] rich.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Vain pleasure
And [there] will be lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine [at] their feasts, but they do not look at the deeds of Yahweh, and they do not see the work of his hands.
They {sing} to [the] tambourine and lyre, and they rejoice to [the] sound of [the] long flute.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is limited to this life
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good [things] during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad [things]. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain.
from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their wealth
They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.
"Look, the man [who] would not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the greatness of his wealth; he took refuge in his destructiveness."
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their power
"Why do [the] wicked live, grow old, even grow mighty [in] power?
I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their worldly prosperity
Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.
from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.
Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness. Take pleasure in Yahweh as well, and he will give to you the requests of your heart.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Drunkenness
"Come, let me take wine, and let us carouse [with] intoxicating drink, and tomorrow will be like today, {very great indeed}."
Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening, wine inflames them.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Woe against
Alas [for] those being at ease in Zion, and those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the best of the nations! The house of Israel resorts to them.
Woe to you who are satisfied now, because you will be hungry. Woe, you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
until I went into the sanctuary of God. [Then] I understood their fate. Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin. How they become a desolation in a moment! They come to a complete end by terrors. read more.
Like a dream upon awakening, when [you] wake up, O Lord, you will despise their fleeting form.
Like a dream upon awakening, when [you] wake up, O Lord, you will despise their fleeting form.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is vain
I said {to myself}, "Come! I will test pleasure {to see whether it is worthwhile}." But look, "This also [is] vanity!"
Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!
Happiness » Of the wicked » Herod
So on an appointed day Herod, [after] putting on royal clothing and sitting down on the judgment seat, began to deliver a public address to them. But the people began to call out loudly, "The voice of a god and not of a man!" And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down {because} he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms [and] died.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Leads to recklessness
And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and girding {with} sackcloth.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Haman
And Haman went out on that day rejoicing and {feeling good}. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the gate of the king, and he did not rise or tremble before him, Haman was filled {with rage toward} Mordecai. But Haman controlled himself and went to his house, and he sent [for] and brought his friends and Zeresh his wife. And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his wealth and the number of his sons and all [the ways] that the king had honored him and promoted him above the officials and king's servants.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Successful oppression
He brings up all of them with a fishhook; he drags them up with a fishnet; he gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore, he rejoices and exults.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Leads to sorrow
Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is uncertain
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
Happiness » Of the wicked » Exemplified » Israel
While the meat [was] still between their teeth, before it was consumed, Yahweh was angry with the people, and Yahweh struck a very great plague among the people.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is short
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
Happiness » Of the wicked » Marred by jealousy
But all this {fails to satisfy me} {when} I see Mordecai the Jew setting at the gate of the king."
Happiness » Of the wicked » Envy not
Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Belshazzar
Belshazzar the king made a great festival for thousand [of] his lords, and {in the presence of} the thousand [lords] he was drinking wine.
Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Their inhabitants, short of hand, shall be dismayed; and they shall be ashamed. They have become green plants of the open field, and tender grass, green grass of the roof and blight before the standing grain.
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.
Hope » Of the wicked
Ashkelon will see and will be afraid, and Gaza will writhe exceedingly, and Ekron [also], because its hope is ruined. And the king from Gaza will perish, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
So [are] the paths of all who forget God; and [the] hope of [the] godless will perish,
that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.
The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
"If I have made gold my trust, or I have called fine gold my security,
But [the] eyes of [the] wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope [is] {to breathe their last breath}."
for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?
Hope » Messianic » Of the wicked
So [are] the paths of all who forget God; and [the] hope of [the] godless will perish,
The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
But [the] eyes of [the] wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope [is] {to breathe their last breath}."
for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?
He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall perish
So [are] the paths of all who forget God; and [the] hope of [the] godless will perish,
The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
But [the] eyes of [the] wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope [is] {to breathe their last breath}."
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall make them ashamed
And they shall be dismayed, and they shall be ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their pride. And [the] inhabitant [of] the coastland will say this on that day: 'Look! This [is] our hope [to] whom we fled for help, to be delivered {from} the king of Assyria, and how shall we escape?'"
Hope » Of the wicked » Is in their worldly possessions
"If I have made gold my trust, or I have called fine gold my security,
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall be extinguished in death
for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?
Joy » Of the wicked
Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.
Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!
And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful land, and in the vineyards no one exults, no one shouts for joy; no treader treads wine in the presses; I have put to an end to [the] jubilant shout.
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.
Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them! Let him remember that the days of the darkness will be many-- all that is coming [is] vanity! Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth! Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes-- but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from earthly pleasures
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth! Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes-- but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.
Joy » Of the wicked » Is short-lived
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!
Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from folly
Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.
Joy » Of the wicked » Is delusive
Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.
Joy » Of the wicked » Shall be taken away
And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful land, and in the vineyards no one exults, no one shouts for joy; no treader treads wine in the presses; I have put to an end to [the] jubilant shout.
Joy » Of the wicked » Should be turned into mourning
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
"They will die by diseases, they will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be as dung on the face of the earth. And they will perish by the sword and they will perish by the famine. And their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air, and for the wild animals of the earth."
Have I delight by any means [in the] death of [the] wicked, {declares} the Lord Yahweh, [and] not at his turning from his way, {so that} he lives?
Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.
He shall die {for lack of} discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.
Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being [honorably] buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also [is] vanity!
At [the] time of evening, and look, terror! Before morning he is no more. This [is] the fate of those who plunder us and [the] lot of those who plunder us.
Name » Of the wicked
Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, for [by then] the anger of Yahweh will smoke, and his passion against that man and all the curses written in this scroll will descend on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven.
Leave me alone, and let me destroy them, and let me blot out their name from under heaven, and let me make you into a nation mightier and more numerous than they!'
The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
You have rebuked [the] nations; you have destroyed [the] wicked. Their name you have blotted out forever and ever.
Let his descendants be cut off. Let their name be blotted out in [the] next generation.
"And I will rise up against them," {declares} Yahweh of hosts, "and I will cut off name and a remnant from Babylon, and offspring and posterity," {declares} Yahweh.
Names » Of the wicked » Reprobates
Test yourselves [to see] if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ [is] in you, unless you are unqualified?
Names » Of the wicked » Children of belial
{worthless men} have gone out from your midst and have seduced the inhabitants of their town, {saying}, 'Let us go and serve other gods!' whom you have not known,
Names » Of the wicked » Enemies of the cross
For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, [as] the enemies of the cross of Christ,
Names » Of the wicked » Evil generation
They [have] behaved corruptly toward him; [they are] not his children; [this is] their flaw, a generation crooked and perverse.
Names » Of the wicked » Dogs
Outside [are] the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral people and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who loves and who practices falsehood.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the bondwoman
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the wicked one
He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took [and] put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."
Names » Of the wicked » Children of disobedience
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,
Names » Of the wicked » Children of wrath
among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.
Names » Of the wicked » Whited sepulchres
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean!
Names » Of the wicked » Children of hell
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you travel around the sea and the dry [land] to make one convert, and when he becomes [one], you make him twice as much a son of hell [as] you [are]!
Names » Of the wicked » Evil men
In the path of the wicked do not go; do not walk in the way of those who do evil.
Names » Of the wicked » Tares
and the field is the world. And the good seed--these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.
Names » Of the wicked » Goats
And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Names » Of the wicked » Cursed children
having eyes full of [desire for] an adulteress and unceasing from sin, enticing unstable persons, [and] having hearts trained for greediness. Accursed children!
Names » Of the wicked » Wolves
"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the devil
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not love his brother.
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Names » Of the wicked » Abominable branches
Sheol below is getting excited over you, to meet {you when you come}; it arouses [the] dead spirits for you, all of [the] leaders of [the] earth. It raises all of [the] kings of [the] nations from their thrones.
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious children
"Oh rebellious children!" {declares} Yahweh, "to make a plan, but not from me, and pour out a libation, but not [from] my Spirit, {so as to add} sin to sin.
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious nation
And he said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the {Israelites}, to nations [who are] rebelling, who rebelled against me, they and their ancestors, they transgressed against me {until this very day}.
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious people
For it [is] a people of rebellion, deceitful children, children [who are] not willing to hear the instruction of Yahweh,
Names » Of the wicked » Vessels of wrath
And [what] if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?
Names » Of the wicked » Enemies, God's
Yahweh, your right hand [is] glorious in power; Yahweh, your right hand destroyed [the] enemy.
Names » Of the wicked » Transgressors
But transgressors shall be destroyed altogether. [The] future of [the] wicked shall be cut off.
Names » Of the wicked » The unGodly
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Names » Of the wicked » Enemies of righteousness
[and] said, "O [you who are] full of all deceit and of all unscrupulousness, [you] son of the devil, [you] enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord!
Names » Of the wicked » Evil doers
For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh-- they will possess [the] land.
Names » Of the wicked » Fools
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the world
And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.
Names » Of the wicked » Children of pride
Names » Of the wicked » Wandering stars
wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds, wandering stars, for whom the deep gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity.
Prudence » Of the wicked » Defeated by God
therefore look, I am again doing something spectacular and a spectacle with this spectacular people. And the wisdom of its wise men shall perish, and the discernment of its discerning ones shall keep itself hidden."
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."
Prudence » Of the wicked » Denounced by God
Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide [it] from Yahweh, and their deeds are in a dark place. And they say, "Who sees us? And who knows us?"
Ah! [Those who are] wise in their own eyes and have understanding {in their view}!
Prudence » Of the wicked » Keeps them from the knowledge of the gospel
At that time Jesus answered [and] said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these [things] from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to young children.
Prudence » Of the wicked » Fails in times of perplexity
Concerning Edom, thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel become lost from [those who] understand? Is their wisdom rotting?
Punishment » Of the wicked
but to those [who act] from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger.
And it shall be [that] at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men {whose senses are dulled from drinking}, who say in their hearts, 'Yahweh will not do good, nor will he do evil.'
And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will {will be given a severe beating}.
How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?
And I will punish [the] world [for its] evil and [the] wicked [for] their iniquity. And I will put an end to [the] pride of [the] arrogant, and I will bring [the] haughtiness of tyrants low.
For look! Yahweh [is] about to come out from his place to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth against him, and the earth will disclose her blood and will no longer cover her slain.
According to deeds, so he will repay; wrath to his enemies, requital to those who are his {enemies}. He will repay requital to the coastlands.
And I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds," {declares} Yahweh, "And I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it will devour all its surroundings." '"
Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of the wicked
Do you not know that to whomever you present yourselves [as] slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whomever you obey, whether sin, [leading] to death, or obedience, [leading] to righteousness?
promising them freedom [although they] themselves are slaves of depravity. For to whatever someone succumbs, by this he is also enslaved.
(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members [as] slaves to immorality and lawlessness, [leading] to lawlessness, so now present your members [as] slaves to righteousness, [leading] to sanctification.
Sin » Punishment of » Of the wicked
but to those [who act] from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger.
And it shall be [that] at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men {whose senses are dulled from drinking}, who say in their hearts, 'Yahweh will not do good, nor will he do evil.'
And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will {will be given a severe beating}.
How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?
And I will punish [the] world [for its] evil and [the] wicked [for] their iniquity. And I will put an end to [the] pride of [the] arrogant, and I will bring [the] haughtiness of tyrants low.
For look! Yahweh [is] about to come out from his place to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth against him, and the earth will disclose her blood and will no longer cover her slain.
According to deeds, so he will repay; wrath to his enemies, requital to those who are his {enemies}. He will repay requital to the coastlands.
And I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds," {declares} Yahweh, "And I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it will devour all its surroundings." '"
Swords » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Rise up, O Yahweh, confront {him}. Make him bow down. Rescue with your sword my life from [the] wicked,
Torments » Of the wicked
he himself also will drink of the wine of the anger of God that has been mixed full strength in the cup of his wrath, and will be tortured with fire and sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torture went up {forever and ever}, and those who worshiped the beast and his image did not have rest day and night, {along with anyone who received} the mark of his name.
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes [as he] was in torment [and] saw Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus {at his side}. And he called out [and] said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!' But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you received your good [things] during your life, and Lazarus likewise bad [things]. But now he is comforted here, but you are suffering pain. read more.
And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.' So he said, 'Then I ask you, father, that you send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he could warn them, in order that they also should not come to this place of torment!'
And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.' So he said, 'Then I ask you, father, that you send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he could warn them, in order that they also should not come to this place of torment!'
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in wealth
He who trusts in his wealth [is] he who will fall, but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.
those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?
For because of your trusting in your works and in your treasures, even you yourselves will be taken, and Chemosh will go out into the exile, his priests and his officials together.
And the disciples were astounded at his words. But Jesus answered [and] said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter into the kingdom of God!
"Look, the man [who] would not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the greatness of his wealth; he took refuge in his destructiveness."
Trust » Of the wicked » Shall make them ashamed
And they shall be dismayed, and they shall be ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their pride.
And the protection of Pharaoh shall be shame to you, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt, humiliation.
Everyone will start to stink because of a people [that] cannot profit them, not for help and not for profiting, but for shame and also for disgrace."
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in falsehood
Because you have said, "We have {made} a covenant with death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol. [The] overwhelming flood, when it passes through, will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves in falsehood."
This [is] your lot, the portion of your measure from me," {declares} Yahweh, "because you have forgotten me, and you have trusted in the lie.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols
What value [is] an idol when its carver has fashioned it, a molten idol, a teacher of lies? For [he who] fashioned his creation trusts in it, [though] making mute idols!
They shall turn back; they shall be {greatly ashamed}, those who trust in an image, who say to a cast image, "You [are] our gods."
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in earthly alliances
Who go to go down [to] Egypt, but they do not ask [of] my mouth, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt.
But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers [to] Egypt to give to him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he escape doing these [things], and can he break [the] covenant and escape?
Trust » Of the wicked » Is vain and delusive
Also from there you will come out with your hands on your head, for Yahweh has rejected {those in whom you trust}, and you will not prosper through them.
For {Egyptians} help [with] vanity and emptiness, therefore I have called this one "Rahab, they [are] sitting."
Trust » Of the wicked » Is not in God
She listens to no voice; she does not accept correction. In Yahweh she does not trust; to her God she does not draw near.
because they did not believe God, and they did not trust his salvation.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in man
[It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans. [It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust princes.
And Gaal son of Ebel and his relatives came, and they crossed over into Shechem, and the lords of Shechem {gave him confidence}.
Trust » Of the wicked » Shall be destroyed
And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; you will become a trampling place for the overwhelming flood when it passes through.
He is torn from his tent {in which he trusted}, and it brought him to the king of terrors.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in vanity
There is nobody {who pleads with} justice, and there is nobody who judges with honesty. They rely on nothing and speak vanity. They conceive trouble and beget iniquity;
Let him not trust in emptiness--he will be deceiving himself-- for worthlessness will be his recompense.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in their own righteousness
And he also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and looked down on {everyone else}:
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.'
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in their own heart
Unicorn » Illustrative » Of the wicked
And wild oxen shall go down with them, and steers with strong bulls. And their land shall be drenched with blood, and their soil shall be fattened with fat.
Wailing » Of the wicked
and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!
Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
"Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
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