Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Deliverance » What delivers
Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die. As for you, with the rod you shall beat him, and his life you will save from Sheol.
Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.
for wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul. Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you, [in order] to deliver you from the way of evil, from a man who speaks devious things--
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Profit » What is not profitable
The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
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! Woe to [him who] says to the wood, 'Wake up!' [And] to a lifeless stone, 'Arise!' Can he teach? Look, it is covered [with] gold and silver, and there is no breath within it.
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Has a nation exchanged gods? And they [are] not gods! But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.
For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
For what is a person benefited [if he] gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
All those who form an idol [are] nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed. Who would form a god and cast an image of [which] he cannot profit?
"But you, come near here, you children of a soothsayer, offspring [of] an adulterer and she [who] commits fornication. At whom do you make fun? At whom do you {open} [your] mouth [and] {stick out} [your] tongue? [Are] you not children of transgression, offspring of deception, who burn with lust among the oaks, under every leafy tree, who slaughter children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? read more.
Your portion [is] among [the] smooth [stones] of [the] valley; they, they [are] your lot; indeed, to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a food offering. Shall I relent concerning these [things]? You have set your bed upon a high and lofty mountain; indeed, you went up there to slaughter sacrifice. And you have set your symbol behind the door and the doorpost; for you depart from me, and you go up; you make your bed wide, and you {make a deal with} them, you have loved their bed; you have seen [their] {genitals}. And you climbed down to the king with oil, and you made your perfumes numerous, and you sent your envoys {far away}, and you {sent down deep} to Sheol. You grow weary by the greatness of your way, [but] you did not say, 'Despairing!' You found the {renewal} of your {strength}, therefore you do not grow weak. And of whom were you afraid and feared, that you deceived and did not remember me? Did you not place [it] on your heart? [Have] I not been silent, even from long ago, and [so] you do not fear me? I myself will declare your righteousness and your works, but they will not benefit you.
Your portion [is] among [the] smooth [stones] of [the] valley; they, they [are] your lot; indeed, to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a food offering. Shall I relent concerning these [things]? You have set your bed upon a high and lofty mountain; indeed, you went up there to slaughter sacrifice. And you have set your symbol behind the door and the doorpost; for you depart from me, and you go up; you make your bed wide, and you {make a deal with} them, you have loved their bed; you have seen [their] {genitals}. And you climbed down to the king with oil, and you made your perfumes numerous, and you sent your envoys {far away}, and you {sent down deep} to Sheol. You grow weary by the greatness of your way, [but] you did not say, 'Despairing!' You found the {renewal} of your {strength}, therefore you do not grow weak. And of whom were you afraid and feared, that you deceived and did not remember me? Did you not place [it] on your heart? [Have] I not been silent, even from long ago, and [so] you do not fear me? I myself will declare your righteousness and your works, but they will not benefit you.
Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in [the] day of distress, to you [the] nations will come from the ends of [the] earth, and they will say, "Our ancestors have inherited only lies, vanity, and there is no profit in them. Can a human make for himself gods? Yet they [are] not gods!"
For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a person give in exchange for his life?
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
They have sown wheat and they have reaped thorns. They are exhausted, they do not profit. And they will be ashamed of your produce, because of {the burning anger} of Yahweh."
Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
For what is a person benefited [if he] gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
And do not turn aside after the triviality, which have no value and cannot deliver, for they are triviality.
All those who form an idol [are] nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed.
Sin » Unpardonable, the » Unprofitable
They have sown wheat and they have reaped thorns. They are exhausted, they do not profit. And they will be ashamed of your produce, because of {the burning anger} of Yahweh."
Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
For what is a person benefited [if he] gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
And do not turn aside after the triviality, which have no value and cannot deliver, for they are triviality.
All those who form an idol [are] nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed.
The fruit of righteousness » What righteousness does
Wealth does not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death.
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Righteousness will exalt a nation, but sin [is] a reproach to a people.
Your wickedness [affects] a person like yourself, and your righteousness [affects] humans.
Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin.
Vanity » Treasures of wickedness are
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
[The] little belonging to the righteous [is] better than [the] wealth of many wicked.
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Is there any longer a man [in] the house of the wicked treasures of wickedness, and the ephah of scarcity [which is] accursed? Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights? Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
[The] little belonging to the righteous [is] better than [the] wealth of many wicked.
Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
Is there any longer a man [in] the house of the wicked treasures of wickedness, and the ephah of scarcity [which is] accursed? Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights? Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.