Thematic Bible: Sins


Thematic Bible








But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsResponsibility, To GodSin, Nature OfStewardshipTrustworthinessWork, Divine And HumanIgnorance Of EvilGod's NeedsFaithful In MuchThose To Whom God GivesAccountabilityResponsibility


"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the LORD's commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them, Verse ConceptsSin OfferingUnintentionalIgnorance of God

"If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the LORD's commandments ought not to be done, though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfGuilt OfferingResponsibility, To GodSin BearerBearingIgnorance Of EvilIgnorance of God

"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfIgnorance Of EvilKnowing FactsIgnorance of Godignorance


And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionKnowing God's WillKnowing FactsStrictnessDoing The Right ThingservanthoodNot Serving God


Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionChrist Telling The TruthChrist's True FamilyOther Unimportant PeopleSurrender


For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstDebaucherySowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentWhirlwindsWindFruits Of SinReapingNot Reaping What You SowSuffering From ForeignersHurricanesReaping What You Sowsowing

They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD." Verse ConceptsHarvestProfitsSin, Effects OfSowing And ReapingThornsWheatUnprofitable SinsNot Reaping What You SowToiling In Vain

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come." Verse ConceptsdaughtersHarvestSicklesSowing And ReapingThreshing Floor

For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of my people. Verse ConceptsHarvestRestoring NationsSowing And Reaping

And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe." Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentMaturity, PhysicalThe Day Of JudgementAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In HeavenAngels Activities In The End Times

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Let the nations stir themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.

though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and make them blossom in the morning that you sow, yet the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain. Verse ConceptsReapingPlanting Seeds

And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature of

And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart all his days from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the LORD, and they did not do so. Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofGod's WaysProstitutionRevelation, Responses ToDifferent Gods

And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. Verse ConceptsephodsProstitutionTrapEvil Trapping

But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. Verse ConceptsProstitutionUnfaithfulness, To God

Thus they became unclean by their acts, and played the whore in their deeds. Verse ConceptsActionsFalse ReligionSpiritual HarlotryDebaucheryProstitutionSin, Effects Of

then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations. Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forApostasy in OTRejection Of God, Results OfHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHedonismForsaking GodEscaping EvilIdol WorshipHating Individualsheartbroken

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go whoring after their detestable things? Verse ConceptsAbominations, Idolatry IsImitating Wicked PeoplePeople Polluting ThemselvesThe Great Prostitute

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring." Verse ConceptsThrowing AwaySpiritual Harlotryconsequences

My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore. Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryIngratitudeSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfWoodHarlotsCausing People To TurnIdol Worshipwhores

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD. Verse ConceptsForgetting GodSpiritual HarlotryIngratitudeProstitutionSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfDecadenceNot Returning To God

Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute's wages on all threshing floors. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodSpiritual HarlotryIngratitudeMarriage, Between God And His PeopleServants, Working Conditions OfUnfaithfulness, To GodLack Of RejoicingWages Of A ProstituteThe Great Prostitute

Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities." Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheFruits Of SinParents SinSins Of The FathersMassacresDadsGuilt

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, Verse ConceptsBad ParentsGenerationsGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Zeal OfHatredReward, DivineSin, God's Judgment OnGod, JealousIdolatry Consists OfParents SinForbidden WorshipSins Of The FathersBowing To False GodsAvoiding IdolatryHating GodWorshipping Material Thingsnegativity

keeping steadfast love for thousands,forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation." Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardPunishment, Nature OfUnforgivenessParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving God

'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.' Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsMonotonyUnfaithfulness, To GodParents SinDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentThose Who Kept Stock

You say, 'God stores up their iniquity for their children.' Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheParents SinSins Of The FathersPunishment of the The Wicked

You show steadfast love to thousands, but you repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheChildren, responsibilities to parentsParents SinSins Of The FathersGod As A WarriorHis Name Is The LordMighty OneGod Showed His Lovingkindness

And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them. Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheOffspringParents SinPeople RottingSurvivors Threatened


And the people of Israel did secretly against the LORD their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city. Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret

Ah, you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us? Who knows us?" Verse ConceptsConcealment, Of SinVeilsSecret SinsDarkness Of EvilNot Seeing PeopleUnseenHiding SinsWoe To The WickedDarknesshiding

Then he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.'" Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light. Verse ConceptsSecret Sinsthieves









Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the LORD God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrong



And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had left him. Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWeakness, PhysicalGod Abandoning Individualsresilienceflexibilitypremonitions

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Urim And ThummimGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedUrim And ThummimRevelation Through Prophetssaul

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePassionimaginationfollowing


But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: "'Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together


"For my name's sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfRestraintPunishment, DelayedForbearanceDivine DelaysRestraints From Killing

because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting

"Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house." Verse ConceptsHumilityPunishment, DelayedDivine DelaysGod Will Bring HarmHumbling OneselfHumble Yourselfhumbleness

Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFor The Sake Of God's Peoplegrandfathers

But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, From GodGod Of The FathersGod Is GraciousDivine FavourDivine DelaysDriven From God's PresenceGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?' And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.

Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'" Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesBearing FruitOlive Treescutting


The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless. Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedMiseryPhysical PainPleasurableness


Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do." Verse ConceptsMiseryApostasy Of SaulGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedTroubling Individualswitchesawakeningsaul

In the morning you shall say, 'If only it were evening!' and at evening you shall say, 'If only it were morning!' because of the dread that your heart shall feel, and the sights that your eyes shall see. Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionDespondency, Causes OfHeart, HumanSleeplessnessMiseryUnrestIn The Morning

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin. Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinMiseryPathways Of SinEvil WaysFavorSuccess And Hard Work


Whenever they marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them for harm, as the LORD had warned, and as the LORD had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress. Verse ConceptsdefeatMiseryGod OpposingGod Harmed Them






because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfWilderness Of ZinDisloyalty

So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the LORD in that he did not keep the command of the LORD, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. Verse ConceptsLast ThingsMediumsSin, God's Judgment OnSin, Nature OfUnfaithfulness, To GodWord Of GodOccultismPunishment Of the WickedNames And Titles For The ChristianNecromancypsychics

Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die. Verse ConceptsLast ThingsSin, God's Judgment OnPursuingresilience


And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), Verse ConceptsAmusementsdisgraceShameDegradationPeople Stripping PeopleShame Of Bad Conductvulnerability

All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face Verse ConceptsdisgraceShameSin, Effects OfAll DayShame Has Come

saying: "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens. Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesConfession, Examples OfGuilt, Human Aspects OfShameSin, Effects OfBlushingFound GuiltyShame Has Come



And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'" Verse ConceptsHumiliationShameNot ForgettingGod Requite Them!

"The princes of the north are there, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. Verse ConceptsShameGoing Down To The PitDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleShame Has Come

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more." Verse ConceptsShameTentsClothed With Bad Things


Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people." Verse ConceptsFoodStubbornness, Consequences OfTent Of MeetingObstinacy Against GodGod Might Kill His PeopleMilk And HoneyRich Food

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.



With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them. Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsLonelinessSin, Effects OfReprobatesNot FindingGod Hiding






For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it. Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstDebaucherySowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentWhirlwindsWindFruits Of SinReapingNot Reaping What You SowSuffering From ForeignersHurricanesReaping What You Sowsowing

They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD." Verse ConceptsHarvestProfitsSin, Effects OfSowing And ReapingThornsWheatUnprofitable SinsNot Reaping What You SowToiling In Vain

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come." Verse ConceptsdaughtersHarvestSicklesSowing And ReapingThreshing Floor

For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of my people. Verse ConceptsHarvestRestoring NationsSowing And Reaping

envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Verse ConceptsAdulterersAlcoholWatchfulness, Of LeadersExclusionRevelryAlcohol ConsumptionWarning IndividualsThings LikeDo Not Get DrunkDrunkennessSexual ImmoralityBeing GayGay Marriagepracticealcoholismdrunkards

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. Verse ConceptsCorruption, SolutiondefeatBeginningHell, As Incentive To ActionDeteriorationYielding To TemptationKnowing Christ PersonallyEvil TrappingEscaping EvilChrist Is LordWorseDefilementOvercomingNew Beginningscorruption

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation." Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofSevenEvil GenerationsSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringMore ThanWorseBackslidersDemonsCasting Out Demonshomecoming

saying: "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens. Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesConfession, Examples OfGuilt, Human Aspects OfShameSin, Effects OfBlushingFound GuiltyShame Has Come

they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy. Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrphansFat PeopleNot Helping The Poorprospering

For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison; their clusters are bitter; Verse ConceptsPoisondissatisfactionBitterness

And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe." Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentMaturity, PhysicalThe Day Of JudgementAngels Doing God's WorkThe Temple In HeavenAngels Activities In The End Times

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.


For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.' Verse ConceptsDeafnessConversion, examples ofHardened HeartsEyes, Figurative UseEarsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedIndifferenceWilful IgnoranceInsensibilityDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNature Of The HeartTurning To GodRefusing To HearEvil EyesNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingGod HealsUnhearing

Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the rooster crowed. Verse ConceptsBad LanguagePrayerlessnessUnfaithfulness, To PeopleApostasy, RestoredBirds, Types Of BirdsChickensBird SoundsNot Knowing About ChristSwearingcursesdenial

Let the nations stir themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.

though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and make them blossom in the morning that you sow, yet the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain. Verse ConceptsReapingPlanting Seeds


You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors, Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfFruits Of SinMetaphorical PloughingReapingTrusting Other PeopleGod's People SinningInjustice

Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars. Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Search ForVinesAltars, PaganSocial SelfishnessFertile LandObelisksBearing Fruit

He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

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