Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible







Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no longer be admonished. For out of prison he comes to reign; yet he that is born in his kingdom might become poor.







Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. Verse ConceptsMockeryRidicule, Nature OfScoffersWorldly Snaresmockers



Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people who are in Jerusalem. Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:


A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMockeryRidicule, Nature OfInfidelity To GodIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledgemockers


The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just. Surely he scorns the scornful: but he gives grace unto the lowly.

A scoffer loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise. Verse ConceptsadvisersMockeryResentment, Against GodWisdom, Human ImportanceResentmentScoffersRejecting Reproofmockers