Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



" 'And you shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations, and you shall do them, so that the land, to which I am bringing you to inhabit it, shall not vomit you out. And you shall not follow the statutes of the nation that I am driving out {from before you}, because they did all these things, and I detested them. So I said to you, "You yourselves shall take possession of their land, and I myself shall give it to you to possess it--a land flowing with milk and honey"; I [am] Yahweh your God, who {has set you apart} from the nations.

They sacrificed to the demons, not God, [to] gods whom they had not known, new [gods] [who] came from recent times; {their ancestors had not known them}. [The] rock who bore you, you neglected, and you forgot God, [the one] giving you birth. Then Yahweh saw, and he spurned [them], because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.





those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches? Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom

Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}. Verse ConceptsBoasting, CondemnedPride, Results OfSpiritual MalnutritionStrength, HumanGoodnessBoastingheroes

"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but [when] one goes to him, then he will boast. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception. Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBraggingLack Of RainPresuming Upon TimePromisesBoastingclouds


So also the tongue is a small member [of the body] and boasts great [things]. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest! Verse ConceptsForestsA Time To SpeakSuperiorityTongueEcological ConcernsSpeaking, EvilArrogance, Characterizes The WickedBig ThingsSmall ThingsFire Of EvilBurning PlantsBeware Of Your SpeechThe Tongue

But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Verse ConceptsPride, Evil OfBraggingDo Not Be ProudSelf EsteemBoastingarrogancefitness










By their wickedness they make [the] king glad, and [the] officials by their treacheries. Verse ConceptsLiesRejoicing In Evil