Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



A fool's lips want to argue. His mouth calls for blows. A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are the snares of his life.

The integrity of the upright will guide them. The perverseness of transgressors will destroy them. Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodBusiness EthicsVirtueCrookednessIntegrityPerversion


The violence done by the wicked will destroy them because they refuse to do what is right. Verse ConceptsFreedom From Violence

We brought nothing into the world and we can carry nothing out. We should be content with having food and covering. Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.


A fool's lips want to argue. His mouth calls for blows. A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are the snares of his life.

An angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: I led you out of Egypt and brought you to the land about which I swore to your fathers that I would never break my covenant with you. You will make no covenant with people of this land. You will throw down their altars. You have not obeyed my voice. Why have you done this? I also said: 'I will not drive them out from before you. They will be thorns in your sides. Their gods will snare (trap) you.'

Instead, they intermarried with other nations. They learned to do what other nations did. They worshiped their idols, which became a trap for them.

Destroy all the peoples whom Jehovah your God gives you. Do not look at them with pity. Do not serve their gods. For that would be a snare to you. Verse ConceptsTrapEvil TrappingDo Not Have Other godsShow No Mercypity

I will make the borders of your land extend from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the inhabitants of the land. You will drive them out as you advance. Do not make any agreement with them or with their gods. Do not allow them to live in your land for they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods it will be a snare to you.

I will force out the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. You must do what I command you today. Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going. It will become a snare in your midst.

Take heed of yourselves to love Jehovah your God. If you are disloyal and join with the nations that are still left among you and intermarry with them, Jehovah your God will no longer drive these nations out as you advance. Rather, they will be as dangerous for you as a trap or a pit and as painful as a whip on your back or thorns in your eyes. This will last until none of you are left in this good land that Jehovah your God gave you.


I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Day for every careless word that men say. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

A fool's lips want to argue. His mouth calls for blows. A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are the snares of his life.


There is futility and emptiness in many dreams and in many words. Reverence God. Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDaydreamingMan's Conduct Towards GodMisleading DreamsPeople Being SilentFear God!

As a thorn goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards




The heart of one with understanding seeks knowledge. The mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge


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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, the heart of the foolish does not. Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge


As the legs of the lame are not equal so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs


If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom. Verse ConceptsSilenceHow Silence Is WiseMan's Wisdom

Is there no limit to windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer? I too could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could compose words against you. And I would shake my head at you.

Who is this that conceals (hides) counsel using words without knowledge? Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceThose Who Were Ignorant

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him. Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfLike Bad PeopleAnsweringFoolsChanging Yourselfanswers

Do not incriminate a servant to his master, or he will curse you could be found guilty. Verse ConceptsInjuryServanthood, In SocietySlanderSlavescriticismgossipingaccusations

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness. The result of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also is full of words. A man cannot predict what will be and what will be after him. Who can tell him?

A fool's lips want to argue. His mouth calls for blows. A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are the snares of his life.





As the legs of the lame are not equal so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs


The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness. The result of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also is full of words. A man cannot predict what will be and what will be after him. Who can tell him?