Thematic Bible: Of the wicked
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Character » Of the wicked » Reprobate
Put yourselves to the proof, to see whether you are holding to the Faith. Test yourselves. Surely you recognize this fact about yourselves--that Jesus Christ is in you! Unless indeed you cannot stand the test!
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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these people, in their turn, oppose the Truth. Their minds are corrupted, and, as regards the Faith, they are utterly worthless.
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They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown him. They are degraded and self-willed; and, as far as anything good is concerned, they are utterly worthless.
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Character » Of the wicked » Disobedient
There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.
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It is to you, then, who believe in him that he is precious, but to those who do not believe he is 'a stone which, though rejected by the builders, has now itself become the corner-stone,'
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Character » Of the wicked » Proud
Men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, and blasphemous; disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, impure,
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Character » Of the wicked » Despising saints
incapable of affection, merciless, slanderous, wanting in self-control, brutal, careless of the right, treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;
Character » Of the wicked » Lying
Character » Of the wicked » Murderous
They reveled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarreling, treachery, malice.
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Character » Of the wicked » Conspiring against saints
Character » Of the wicked » Sold under sin
Character » Of the wicked » Sensual
The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.
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These are the people--animal and unspiritual--who cause divisions.
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Character » Of the wicked » Hating the light
For he who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, for fear that his actions should be exposed;
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Character » Of the wicked » Enticing to evil
For among them are to be found those who creep into homes and captivate weak women--women who, loaded with sins, and slaves to all kinds of passions,
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Character » Of the wicked » Hypocritical
and while they retain the outward form of religion, they will not allow it to influence them. Turn your back on such men as these.
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Character » Of the wicked » Prayerless
Character » Of the wicked » Fraudulent
Character » Of the wicked » Froward
Character » Of the wicked » Unjust
Character » Of the wicked » Alienated from God
With their powers of discernment darkened, cut off from the Life of God, owing to the ignorance that prevails among them and to the hardness of their hearts.
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And it pleased God that you, once estranged from him and hostile towards him in your thoughts, intent only on wickedness--
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Character » Of the wicked » Evil doers
Character » Of the wicked » Unclean
Lost to all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, in order to practice every kind of impurity without restraint.
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Character » Of the wicked » Blasphemous
and men were scorched by the intense heat. They blasphemed the Name of God who controlled these Curses, yet they did not repent and give him praise.
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And they heaped many other insults on him.
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Character » Of the wicked » Unprofitable
As for the useless servant, 'put him out into the darkness' outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'
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They have all gone astray; they have one and all become depraved; there is no one who is doing good-no, not one!'
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Character » Of the wicked » Blinded
Men whose minds have been blinded by the God of this Age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the very incarnation of God, should not shine for them.
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With their powers of discernment darkened, cut off from the Life of God, owing to the ignorance that prevails among them and to the hardness of their hearts.
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Character » Of the wicked » Corrupt
So, too, every sound tree bears good fruit, while a worthless tree bears bad fruit.
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For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
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Character » Of the wicked » Fierce
incapable of affection, merciless, slanderous, wanting in self-control, brutal, careless of the right,
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Character » Of the wicked » Stiff-necked
O! stubborn race, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.
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Character » Of the wicked » Mischievous
Character » Of the wicked » Unthankful
Men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, and blasphemous; disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, impure,
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But love your enemies, and show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing. Then your reward shall be great, and you shall be Sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the bad.
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Character » Of the wicked » Envious
There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.
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Character » Of the wicked » Fearful
But as for cowards, unbelievers, the degraded, murderers, the impure, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars--their place will be in the burning lake of fire and sulphur. That is the Second Death.'
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Character » Of the wicked » Delighting in the iniquity of others
Well aware of God's decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.
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Character » Of the wicked » Hostile to God
And it pleased God that you, once estranged from him and hostile towards him in your thoughts, intent only on wickedness--
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Because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so.
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Character » Of the wicked » Persecuting
Character » Of the wicked » Covetous
They reveled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarreling, treachery, malice.
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Character » Of the wicked » Foolish
Character » Of the wicked » Ignorant of God
Then he will 'inflict punishment upon those who refuse to know God, and upon those who turn a deaf ear' to the Good News of Jesus, our Lord.
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Character » Of the wicked » Deceitful
'Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.' 'The venom of serpents lies behind their lips,'
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Character » Of the wicked » Rebellious
Character » Of the wicked » Boastful
Character » Of the wicked » Infidel
Character » Of the wicked » Unruly
There are, indeed, many unruly persons--great talkers who deceive themselves, principally converts from Judaism,
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Character » Of the wicked » Rejoicing in the affliction of saints
Character » Of the wicked » Glorying in their shame
The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.
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Character » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised in heart
Character » Of the wicked » Forgetting God
Character » Of the wicked » Destructive
Character » Of the wicked » UnGodly
Character » Of the wicked » Lovers of pleasure, not of God
treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;
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Character » Of the wicked » Stiff-hearted
Character » Of the wicked » Hard-hearted
Character » Of the wicked » Incontinent
incapable of affection, merciless, slanderous, wanting in self-control, brutal, careless of the right,
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Character » Of the wicked » Abominable
But as for cowards, unbelievers, the degraded, murderers, the impure, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars--their place will be in the burning lake of fire and sulphur. That is the Second Death.'
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Character » Of the wicked » Unmerciful
They were undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection or pity.
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Character » Of the wicked » Loathsome
Character » Of the wicked » Untoward
With many other words Peter enforced his teaching, while the burden of his exhortations was--"Save yourselves from the perverse spirit of this age."
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Character » Of the wicked » Perverse
Character » Of the wicked » Impudent
Character » Of the wicked » Unholy
Men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, and blasphemous; disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, impure,
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Character » Of the wicked » Heady and high-minded
treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;
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Character » Of the wicked » Selfish
Men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, and blasphemous; disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, impure,
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Character » Of the wicked » Unwise
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'
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Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'
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ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God
ears » Of the wicked » Stopped against God's word
ears » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised
O! stubborn race, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.
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ears » Of the wicked » Turned away from God's law
ears » Of the wicked » Itching
For a time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching. They will follow their own wishes, and, in their itching for novelty, procure themselves a crowd of teachers.
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Expectation » Of the wicked
Then Peter came to himself and said: "Now I know beyond all doubt that the Lord has sent his angel, and has rescued me from Herod's hands and from all that the Jewish people have been expecting."
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Feet » People found at Christ's » Of the wicked
'Swift are their feet to shed blood.
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Feet » Of the wicked » Swift to shed blood
'Swift are their feet to shed blood.
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Feet » Of the wicked » Ensnared
Feet » Of the wicked » Swift to mischief
Glory » Of the wicked » Is in their shame
The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.
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Glory » Of the wicked » Ends in destruction
Goat » Illustrative » Of the wicked
And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people--just as a shepherd separates sheep from goats- - Placing the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated
There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor.
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'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.
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Then Jesus told them this parable-- "There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile; And he began to ask himself 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops? This is what I will do,' he said; 'I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them; read more.
And I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.' But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'
And I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.' But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'
Happiness » Of the wicked » Sometimes a stumbling-block to saints
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Gluttony
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Vain pleasure
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is limited to this life
'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.
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Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their wealth
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their worldly prosperity
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Drunkenness
Happiness » Of the wicked » Woe against
Alas for you who are sated now, for you will hunger. Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
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Happiness » Of the wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is vain
Happiness » Of the wicked » Herod
On an appointed day Herod, wearing his state-robes, seated himself on his throne, and delivered an oration. The people kept shouting: "It is the voice of God, and not of a man!" Instantly an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was attacked with worms, and died.
Happiness » Of the wicked » Leads to recklessness
Happiness » Of the wicked » Haman
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Successful oppression
Happiness » Of the wicked » Leads to sorrow
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is uncertain
But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'
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Happiness » Of the wicked » Exemplified » Israel
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is short
Happiness » Of the wicked » Marred by jealousy
Happiness » Of the wicked » Envy not
Happiness » Of the wicked » Belshazzar
Herbs » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Hope » Of the wicked
Remember that you were at that time far from Christ; you were shut out from the citizenship of Israel; you were strangers to the Covenants founded on God's Promise; you were in the world without hope and without God.
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Hope » Messianic » Of the wicked
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall perish
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall make them ashamed
Hope » Of the wicked » Is in their worldly possessions
Hope » Of the wicked » Shall be extinguished in death
Joy » Of the wicked
Grieve, mourn, and lament! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your happiness to gloom!
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Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from earthly pleasures
Joy » Of the wicked » Is short-lived
Joy » Of the wicked » Is derived from folly
Joy » Of the wicked » Is delusive
Joy » Of the wicked » Shall be taken away
Joy » Of the wicked » Should be turned into mourning
Grieve, mourn, and lament! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your happiness to gloom!
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Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'
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Name » Of the wicked
Names » Of the wicked » Reprobates
Put yourselves to the proof, to see whether you are holding to the Faith. Test yourselves. Surely you recognize this fact about yourselves--that Jesus Christ is in you! Unless indeed you cannot stand the test!
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Names » Of the wicked » Children of belial
Names » Of the wicked » Enemies of the cross
For there are many--of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears--who are living in enmity to the cross of the Christ.
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Names » Of the wicked » Evil generation
Names » Of the wicked » Dogs
Outside will be the filthy, the sorcerers, the impure, the murderers, the idolaters, and all who love the false and live it.'
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Names » Of the wicked » Children of the bondwoman
And so, Brothers, we are not children of a slave, but of her who is free.
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Names » Of the wicked » Children of the wicked one
This was another parable which Jesus related-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like some yeast which a woman took and covered up in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen."
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Names » Of the wicked » Children of disobedience
For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.
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Names » Of the wicked » Children of wrath
And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our very nature exposed us to the Divine Wrath, like the rest of mankind.
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Names » Of the wicked » Whited sepulchres
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead men's bones and all kinds of filth.
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Names » Of the wicked » Children of hell
Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when he is gained, you make him twice as deserving of the Pit as you are yourselves.
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Names » Of the wicked » Evil men
Names » Of the wicked » Tares
The field is the world. By the good seed is meant the People of the Kingdom. The tares are the wicked,
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Names » Of the wicked » Goats
And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people--just as a shepherd separates sheep from goats- -
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Names » Of the wicked » Cursed children
They have eyes only for adulteresses, eyes never tired of sin; they entice weak souls; their minds are trained to covet; they live under a curse.
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Names » Of the wicked » Wolves
Beware of false Teachers--men who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves.
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Names » Of the wicked » Children of the devil
By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil--No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.
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Names » Of the wicked » Abominable branches
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious children
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious nation
Names » Of the wicked » Rebellious people
Names » Of the wicked » Vessels of wrath
And what if God, intending to reveal his displeasure and make his power known, bore most patiently with the objects of his displeasure, though they were fit only to be destroyed,
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Names » Of the wicked » Enemies, God's
Names » Of the wicked » Transgressors
Names » Of the wicked » The unGodly
So, too, there is a revelation from Heaven of the Divine Wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those men who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the Truth.
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Names » Of the wicked » Enemies of righteousness
"You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the Devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert 'the straight paths of the Lord'? Listen!
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Names » Of the wicked » Evil doers
Names » Of the wicked » Fools
Names » Of the wicked » Children of the world
His master complimented this dishonest steward on the shrewdness of his action. And indeed men of the world are shrewder in dealing with their fellow-men than those who have the Light.
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Names » Of the wicked » Children of pride
Names » Of the wicked » Wandering stars
They are wild sea waves, foaming with their own shame; they are 'wandering stars,' for which the blackest darkness has been reserved for ever.
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Prudence » Of the wicked » Defeated by God
For Scripture says-'I will bring the philosophy of the philosophers to nought, and the shrewdness of the shrewd I will make of no account.'
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Prudence » Of the wicked » Denounced by God
Prudence » Of the wicked » Keeps them from the knowledge of the gospel
At that same time Jesus uttered the words: "I thank thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that, though thou has hidden these things from the wise and learned, thou hast revealed them to the child-like!
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Prudence » Of the wicked » Fails in times of perplexity
Punishment » Of the wicked
While as to those who are factious, and disobedient to Truth but obedient to Evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair,
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The servant who knows his master's wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
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How much worse then, think you, will be the punishment deserved by those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God, who have treated the blood that rendered the Covenant valid--the very blood by which they were purified--as of no account, and who have outraged the Spirit of Love?
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Servants » Bond, illustrative » Of the wicked
Surely you know that, when you offer yourselves as servants, to obey any one, you are the servants of the person whom you obey, whether the service be that of Sin which leads to Death, or that of Duty which leads to Righteousness.
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They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a man is the slave of anything to which he gives way.
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I can but speak as men do because of the weakness of your earthly nature. Once you offered every part of your bodies to the service of impurity, and of wickedness, which leads to further wickedness. Now, in the same way, offer them to the service of Righteousness, which leads to holiness.
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Sin » Punishment of » Of the wicked
While as to those who are factious, and disobedient to Truth but obedient to Evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair,
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The servant who knows his master's wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
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How much worse then, think you, will be the punishment deserved by those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God, who have treated the blood that rendered the Covenant valid--the very blood by which they were purified--as of no account, and who have outraged the Spirit of Love?
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Swords » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Torments » Of the wicked
that man shall drink the maddening wine of God that has been poured unmixed into the cup of his Wrath, and he shall be tortured with fire and sulphur before the eyes of the holy angels and before the eyes of the Lamb. The smoke from their torture rises for ever and ever, and they have no rest day nor night-- those who worship the Beast and its image, and all who are branded with its name.'
In the Place of Death he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side. So he called out 'Pity me, Father Abraham, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering agony in this flame.' 'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony. read more.
And not only that, but between you and us there lies a great chasm, so that those who wish to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they cross from there to us.' 'Then, Father,' he said, 'I beg you to send Lazarus to my father's house-- For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.'
And not only that, but between you and us there lies a great chasm, so that those who wish to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they cross from there to us.' 'Then, Father,' he said, 'I beg you to send Lazarus to my father's house-- For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.'
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in wealth
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again: "My children, how hard a thing it is to enter the Kingdom of God!
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Trust » Of the wicked » Shall make them ashamed
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in falsehood
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in earthly alliances
Trust » Of the wicked » Is vain and delusive
Trust » Of the wicked » Is not in God
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in man
Trust » Of the wicked » Shall be destroyed
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in vanity
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in their own righteousness
Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded every one else with scorn, Jesus told this parable--
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I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.'
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Trust » Of the wicked » Is in their own heart
Unicorn » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Wailing » Of the wicked
And 'will throw them into the fiery furnace,' where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
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Wolves » Illustrative » Of the wicked
Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents, and as blameless as doves.
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Now, go. Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like lambs among wolves.
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