Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are for examples to others
But God will shoot at them. With an arrow they shall suddenly be wounded. So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head. And all men shall fear. And they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.
I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that none passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant. I said, Only fear thou me. Receive correction, so her dwelling shall not be cut off, [according to] all that I have appointed concerning her. But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
However with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness. But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted. Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel. read more.
Nor should we fornicate as some of them fornicated, and three thousand fell in one day. Nor should we challenge the Christ as some of them also challenged, and were destroyed by the serpents. And ye should not grumble as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.
Nor should we fornicate as some of them fornicated, and three thousand fell in one day. Nor should we challenge the Christ as some of them also challenged, and were destroyed by the serpents. And ye should not grumble as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.
and he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, being reduced to ashes, having made an example of men who were going to be irreverent,
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Declaration » All men declaring the work of God
And all men shall fear. And they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.
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Fear » Who shall fear the lord
And all men shall fear. And they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.
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God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
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O LORD, thou are my God. I will exalt thee. I will praise thy name. For thou have done wonderful things, [even] counsels of old, in faithfulness [and] truth. For thou have made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It shall never be built. Therefore a strong people shall glorify thee, a city of oppressive nations shall fear thee.
For the sons of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without ruler, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim. Afterward the sons of Israel shall return and seek LORD their God and David their king, and shall come with fear to LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.
Glory » Who shall glory
In LORD all the seed of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory.
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But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him shall glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.
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And all men shall fear. And they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing. A righteous man shall be glad in LORD, and shall take refuge in him. And all the upright in heart shall glory.