Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Deliverance » What delivers
Don't withhold correction from a youth; if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.
For wisdom will enter your mind, and knowledge will delight your heart. Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, rescuing you from the way of evil- from the one who says perverse things,
but righteousness rescues from death.
Profit » What is not profitable
What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is [only] a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes idols that cannot speak. Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up! or to mute stone: Come alive! Can it teach? Look! It may be plated with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.
but righteousness rescues from death.
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
All who make idols are nothing, and what they treasure does not profit. Their witnesses do not see or know [anything], so they will be put to shame. Who makes a god or casts a metal image for no profit?
But come here, you sons of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute! Who is it you are mocking? Who is it you are opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue at? Isn't it you, you rebellious children, you race of liars, who burn with lust among the oaks, under every flourishing tree, who slaughter children in the wadis below the clefts of the rocks? read more.
Your portion is among the smooth [stones] of the wadi; indeed, they are your lot. You have even poured out a drink offering to them; you have offered a grain offering; should I be satisfied with these? You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice. You have set up your memorial behind the door and doorpost. For away from Me, you stripped, went up, and made your bed wide, and you have made a bargain for yourself with them. You have loved their bed; you have gazed on their genitals. You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent [them] down even to Sheol. You became weary on your many journeys, [but] you did not say, "I give up!" You found a renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak. Who was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and didn't remember Me or take it to heart? Have I not kept silent for such a long time and you do not fear Me? I will expose your righteousness, and your works-they will not profit you.
Your portion is among the smooth [stones] of the wadi; indeed, they are your lot. You have even poured out a drink offering to them; you have offered a grain offering; should I be satisfied with these? You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice. You have set up your memorial behind the door and doorpost. For away from Me, you stripped, went up, and made your bed wide, and you have made a bargain for yourself with them. You have loved their bed; you have gazed on their genitals. You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent [them] down even to Sheol. You became weary on your many journeys, [but] you did not say, "I give up!" You found a renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak. Who was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and didn't remember Me or take it to heart? Have I not kept silent for such a long time and you do not fear Me? I will expose your righteousness, and your works-they will not profit you.
Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in a time of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, "Our fathers inherited only lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all." Can one make gods for himself? But they are not gods.
For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life? What can a man give in exchange for his life?
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.
but righteousness rescues from death.
Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or deliver you; they are worthless.
Verse Concepts
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
Sin » Unpardonable, the » Unprofitable
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.
but righteousness rescues from death.
Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or deliver you; they are worthless.
Verse Concepts
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
The fruit of righteousness » What righteousness does
but righteousness rescues from death.
and your righteousness another human being.
Vanity » Treasures of wickedness are
but righteousness rescues from death.
Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
than the abundance of many wicked people.
but righteousness rescues from death.
Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked? Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights? For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
than the abundance of many wicked people.
but righteousness rescues from death.
Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked? Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights? For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.