Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Abhorrence » of the Lord
You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out [as it did those before you]. You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I was wearied and grieved by them. But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, Who has separated you from the peoples.
They sacrificed to demons, not to God -- "to gods whom they knew not, to new gods lately come up, whom your fathers never knew or feared. Of the Rock Who bore you you were unmindful; you forgot the God Who travailed in your birth. And the Lord saw it and He spurned and rejected them, out of indignation with His sons and His daughters.
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];
He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.
Character » Of the wicked » Deceitful
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
Character of the wicked » Deceitful
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
Deceit » God abhors
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Deception » Deceivers
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the antichrist [that is, the antagonist of Christ].
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
Like a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, So is the man who deceives his neighbor and then says, Was I not joking?
The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
The Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
“Cursed is the one who does the work of the Lord negligently,
And cursed is the one who restrains his sword from blood [in executing the judgment of the Lord].
“But cursed is the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows [to offer] it, but sacrifices to the Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is to be [reverently and greatly] feared among the nations.”
Lying » Punishment for
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
What shall be given to you? Or what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? -- " Sharp arrows of a [mighty] warrior, with [glowing] coals of the broom tree!
Wicked people » God is angry with
God is a righteous judge,
And a God who is indignant every day.
As it is written and forever remains written, “Jacob I loved (chose, protected, blessed), but Esau I hated (held in disregard compared to Jacob).”
Boasters can have no standing in Your sight; You abhor all evildoers. You will destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors [and rejects] the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death].