Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us, Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toExcommunicationSluggardsTraditionsFellowship With WickedBad CompanyEvil AssociationsIn The Name Of ChristChristian TraditionsA Mans CharacterHaving No DealingsMen's OrdersChristians Being Called Brothers

every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son; if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, 'Hail!' for he who is saying to him, 'Hail,' hath fellowship with his evil works.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

I did write to you in the epistle, not to keep company with whoremongers -- and not certainly with the whoremongers of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, seeing ye ought then to go forth out of the world -- and now, I did write to you not to keep company with him, if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner -- with such a one not even to eat together; read more.
for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge? and those without God doth judge; and put ye away the evil from among yourselves.

if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words -- those of our Lord Jesus Christ -- and to the teaching according to piety, he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings, wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;


Woe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them! And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken, Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSecret SinsSpiritual NightDo Not Get DrunkDrunkennessPositive Thinkingdrunkards

A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards

And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially. Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromDrunkenness, Figurative OfDebaucheryLeaders, SpiritualStumblingDrunkenness, ResultsStaggeringStrong DrinkWicked ProphetsDrunkennessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingbeer




Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.





Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, Verse ConceptsThe Love Of SleepProcrastinationDebt

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.


By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop. Verse ConceptsRooftopSlothfulnessMoist ThingsWorking Hard And Not Being Lazysloth


Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Qualities NeededAmusements, Evil ResultsDaydreamingPoverty, Causes OfSluggardsTilling The SoilIndustryPovertyCultivationBecoming Poor






Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, read more.
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!


And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man! Verse ConceptsBanditsIdleness Leads ToSloth, Leads ToAvoiding Povertyrelaxation

Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth. Verse ConceptsAlcoholPoisonSnakesThings Like SnakesSnakebitesalcoholism






Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, Verse ConceptsThe Love Of SleepProcrastinationDebt

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,