Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Consideration » What to consider
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you, and stick a knife in your throat if you have a big appetite; don't desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive. read more.
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it. As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it. As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Desires » What not to desire
Don't envy evil men or desire to be with them, for their hearts plan violence, and their words stir up trouble.
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you, and stick a knife in your throat if you have a big appetite; don't desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive. read more.
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it. As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it. As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
We must not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Evil » Confess Christ » Thoughts
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?
and a mocker is detestable to people.
Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.
“We have perfected a secret plan.”
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.
they are meaningless.
but pleasant words are pure.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
“Knowing their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see My glory.
But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?
Guest » Rules for the conduct of
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you, and stick a knife in your throat if you have a big appetite; don't desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.
Don't brag about yourself before the king, and don't stand in the place of the great; for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here!" than to demote you in plain view of a noble.
If one of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions of conscience.
Don't eat a stingy person's bread, and don't desire his choice food, for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you. You will vomit the little you've eaten and waste your pleasant words.
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.
Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this household.' If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don't be moving from house to house.
He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves: "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host. The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place. read more.
"But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
"But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
Heart » Centre of life » Determines character
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
Hypocrisy » General references to
In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work.
through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Religion » Hypocrisy, an ever present element in false religion » General references to
In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work.
through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Thoughts » Evil
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?
and a mocker is detestable to people.
Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.
“We have perfected a secret plan.”
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.
they are meaningless.
but pleasant words are pure.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
“Knowing their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see My glory.
But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?