Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



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. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards


The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot; Verse ConceptsAlcoholTrampling PeopleThe Proud Will Be AbasedNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths. Verse ConceptsAlcoholLipsWineIntoxicationAlcohol ConsumptionShortage Of WineNo FoodWake Up!drunkards

For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry. Verse Conceptsdrunkards


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; Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSecret SinsSpiritual NightDo Not Get DrunkDrunkennessPositive Thinkingdrunkards

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. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards

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. Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromDrunkenness, Figurative OfDebaucheryLeaders, SpiritualStumblingDrunkenness, ResultsStaggeringStrong DrinkWicked ProphetsDrunkennessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingbeer

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. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards


The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot; Verse ConceptsAlcoholTrampling PeopleThe Proud Will Be AbasedNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths. Verse ConceptsAlcoholLipsWineIntoxicationAlcohol ConsumptionShortage Of WineNo FoodWake Up!drunkards

For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry. Verse Conceptsdrunkards

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. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards


The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot; Verse ConceptsAlcoholTrampling PeopleThe Proud Will Be AbasedNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths. Verse ConceptsAlcoholLipsWineIntoxicationAlcohol ConsumptionShortage Of WineNo FoodWake Up!drunkards

For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry. Verse Conceptsdrunkards

And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said. For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows. The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.


Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you. Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDaydreamingMan's Conduct Towards GodMisleading DreamsPeople Being SilentFear God!

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. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards



Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him. Verse ConceptsContemplationActionsFalse HopesHope, Nature OfRashnessHow Silence Is WiseDo Not Be RashWithout HopeFoolsDecision Making

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge


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A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfPrudenceShrewdnessAspects Of People Made KnownDo Not TellPeople With KnowledgeFoolsignorancerumors

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfCommendationSpeech, Power And Significance OfSpeech, Positive Aspects OfValuing Knowledge

Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near. Verse ConceptsBabblingSpeech, Power And Significance OfThriftTroubleDestructionValuing KnowledgeStoring Other Things

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right. Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge


The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs


If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom! Verse ConceptsSilenceHow Silence Is WiseMan's Wisdom

May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them? It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge? Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceThose Who Were Ignorant

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him. Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfLike Bad PeopleAnsweringFoolsChanging Yourselfanswers

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble. Verse ConceptsInjuryServanthood, In SocietySlanderSlavescriticismgossipingaccusations

The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime. The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

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. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards


The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot; Verse ConceptsAlcoholTrampling PeopleThe Proud Will Be AbasedNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths. Verse ConceptsAlcoholLipsWineIntoxicationAlcohol ConsumptionShortage Of WineNo FoodWake Up!drunkards

For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry. Verse Conceptsdrunkards