Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer, because I am upset! I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding makes me reply. read more.
Don't you know that ever since antiquity, from [the time] man was placed on earth, the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment? Though his arrogance reaches heaven, and his head touches the clouds, he will vanish forever like his own dung. Those who know him will ask, "Where is he?" He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. The eye that saw him will see [him] no more, and his household will no longer see him. His children will beg from the poor, for his own hands must give back his wealth. His bones may be full of youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the grave. Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, though he cherishes it and will not let it go but keeps it in his mouth, yet the food in his stomach turns into cobras' venom inside him. He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper's fangs will kill him. He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming [it]; he doesn't enjoy the profits from his trading. For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build.
Don't you know that ever since antiquity, from [the time] man was placed on earth, the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment? Though his arrogance reaches heaven, and his head touches the clouds, he will vanish forever like his own dung. Those who know him will ask, "Where is he?" He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. The eye that saw him will see [him] no more, and his household will no longer see him. His children will beg from the poor, for his own hands must give back his wealth. His bones may be full of youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the grave. Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, though he cherishes it and will not let it go but keeps it in his mouth, yet the food in his stomach turns into cobras' venom inside him. He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper's fangs will kill him. He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming [it]; he doesn't enjoy the profits from his trading. For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build.
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Pitiless » Pitilessness condemned
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.
The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Edom
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them continually,
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
is like taking off clothing on a cold day
or like pouring vinegar on soda.
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Pitilessness » Condemned
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.
The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Edom
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them continually,
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
is like taking off clothing on a cold day
or like pouring vinegar on soda.
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of a poor man oppressing the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Rain » Divided into » Sweeping
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Unkindness » Pitilessness condemned
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.
The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Edom
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them continually,
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
is like taking off clothing on a cold day
or like pouring vinegar on soda.
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.