Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible














for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.





But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.









They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. read more.
Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects -- bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you, so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God, teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this is what we intend to do, if God permits.

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation, if you have experienced the Lord's kindness.








for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.







Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.







But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.




many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.


The Lord always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.



and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity -- every good way.

I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.








for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.








for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.





But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.