Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Deliverance » What delivers
Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.
Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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Profit » What is not profitable
The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
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What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things? The one who says to wood, 'Wake up!' is as good as dead -- he who says to speechless stone, 'Awake!' Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life's breath inside it.
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
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For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
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For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
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All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame. Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?
But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes! At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars, you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. read more.
Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things I will seek vengeance. On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices. Behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols. Indeed, you depart from me and go up and invite them into bed with you. You purchase favors from them, you love their bed, and gaze longingly on their genitals. You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol. Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, 'I give up.' You get renewed energy, so you don't collapse. Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me. I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.
Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things I will seek vengeance. On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices. Behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols. Indeed, you depart from me and go up and invite them into bed with you. You purchase favors from them, you love their bed, and gaze longingly on their genitals. You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol. Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, 'I give up.' You get renewed energy, so you don't collapse. Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me. I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.
Then I said, "Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, 'Our ancestors had nothing but false gods -- worthless idols that could not help them at all. Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all."
For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life?
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the Lord will take them away in his fierce anger.
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Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
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That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
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For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
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You should not turn aside after empty things that can't profit and can't deliver, since they are empty.
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for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
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All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
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Sin » Unpardonable, the » Unprofitable
My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the Lord will take them away in his fierce anger.
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Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
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That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
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For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
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You should not turn aside after empty things that can't profit and can't deliver, since they are empty.
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for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
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All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
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The fruit of righteousness » What righteousness does
Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
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Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
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Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
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Vanity » Treasures of wickedness are
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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Wealth » Treasures of wickedness
The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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"I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights. The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.
Wickedness » Treasures of wickedness
The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,
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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
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"I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights. The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.