Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Company » Who not to have company with
Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love: For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.
Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man: For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat: For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them: For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.
In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh; But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely: But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him. read more.
For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you; As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.
For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you; As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.
If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion, He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts, Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
Drunkenness » Drunks
Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine! And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat: For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.
Drunkenness » Leads to » Poverty
The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
Gluttony » Leads to » Poverty
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
Greed/gluttony » Gluttons
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat: For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
Indolent sleep » The love of sleep, a mark of indolence
He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Laziness » What laziness does
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat: For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
The poor » Condition of, often results from » Drunkenness and gluttony
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
Poverty » Who will end up in poverty
By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat: For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down. Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. read more.
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
Poverty » Contributing causes of sinful » Drunkenness and gluttony
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
Serpents » Illustrative » (poisonous bite of,) of baneful effects of wine
In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
Sleep » The love of, a mark of indolence
He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed
How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: