Thematic Bible: Penalty


Thematic Bible



Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to immorality, [that] their bodies would be dishonored among themselves, Verse ConceptsCondemned Heartsevil, origins ofdesiresHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualitySin, Causes OfImpurityGod Handing OverIdolatryThey Committed ImmoralitysexDishonoring God

Do not be like your fathers and like your brothers, who acted unfaithfully before Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them as a desolation, as you see. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong

Behold, your house has been left to you desolate Verse ConceptsEmpty Places


And she said to him, "[The] Philistines [are] upon you, Samson!" And he woke up from his sleep and said, "I will go out just like every other time and shake myself free," but he did not know that Yahweh had left him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

And Saul inquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, not by dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Urim And ThummimGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedUrim And ThummimRevelation Through Prophetssaul

So I let them go in the stubbornness of their heart; they walked in their counsels. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me [for] forty years in the wilderness, [did you], house of Israel? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together


For the sake of my name I {refrain from} my anger, and [for] my praise I restrain [it] for you [so as] not to cut you off. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfRestraintPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysRestraints From Killing

who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, [while] an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting

"Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring disaster in his days. I will bring the disaster on his house in the days of his son." Verse ConceptsHumilityPunishment, DelayedDivine DelaysGod Will Bring HarmHumbling OneselfHumble Yourselfhumbleness

However, I will not do it in your days, for the sake of David your father; from the hand of your son I will tear it [away]. Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFor The Sake Of God's Peoplegrandfathers

But Yahweh had mercy on them and showed compassion to them and turned to them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them nor cast them from his presence up to now. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, From GodGod Of The FathersGod Is GraciousDivine FavourDivine DelaysDriven From God's PresenceGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs

Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of {humans} fills up within them to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

So he said to the gardener, 'Behold, {for three years} I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find [any]. Cut it down! Why should it even exhaust the soil?' But he answered [and] said to him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on [it].

And if indeed it produces fruit in the coming [year], [so much the better], but if not, you can cut it down.'" Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesBearing FruitOlive Treescutting





because [of the fact] that you broke faith with me in the midst of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, [in] the desert of Zin, because {you did not treat me as holy} in the midst of the {Israelites}. Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfWilderness Of ZinDisloyalty

So Saul died on account of his sin which he had sinned against Yahweh concerning the command of Yahweh that he did not keep. He also consulted a medium to seek [guidance]. Verse ConceptsLast ThingsMediumsSin, God's Judgment OnSin, Nature OfUnfaithfulness, To GodWord Of GodOccultismPunishment Of the WickedNames And Titles For The ChristianNecromancypsychics

He who is steadfast in righteousness [is] to life as he who pursues evil [is] to death. Verse ConceptsLast ThingsSin, God's Judgment OnPursuingresilience


And Moses saw the people, that they [were] running wild because Aaron had allowed them to run wild, for a laughingstock among {their enemies}. Verse ConceptsAmusementsdisgraceShameDegradationPeople Stripping PeopleShame Of Bad Conductvulnerability

{All day long} my disgrace [is] before me, and the shame of my face covers me, Verse ConceptsdisgraceShameSin, Effects OfAll DayShame Has Come

and said, "My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God. For our sins have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown up to the heavens. Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesConfession, Examples OfGuilt, Human Aspects OfShameSin, Effects OfBlushingFound GuiltyShame Has Come



and I will bring upon you {an everlasting disgrace} and {an everlasting shame} that will not be forgotten." Verse ConceptsHumiliationShameNot ForgettingGod Requite Them!

There are [also] the princes of [the] north, all of them, all of [the] Sidonians who have gone down, being ashamed [to lie] with [the] slain because of their terror [that they caused] from their might, and they lie uncircumcised with [those killed] by [the] sword, and they bear their disgrace [along with] [the people] going down to [the] grave. Verse ConceptsShameGoing Down To The PitDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleShame Has Come

[Those] who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked {will be no more}." Verse ConceptsShameTentsClothed With Bad Things


[Go] to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up among you, because you [are] a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way." Verse ConceptsFoodStubbornness, Consequences OfTent Of MeetingObstinacy Against GodGod Might Kill His PeopleMilk And HoneyRich Food

Israel has sinned and {transgressed my covenant} that I commanded them. They have taken from the devoted things; they have stolen and acted deceitfully, and they have put [them] among their belongings. The {Israelites} were unable to stand before their enemies; {they fled from their enemies} because they have become a thing devoted for destruction. {I will be with you no more} unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.



With their flocks and herds they will go to seek Yahweh, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsLonelinessSin, Effects OfReprobatesNot FindingGod Hiding