Thematic Bible: Support of

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord

among us?

No disaster will overtake us.”
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For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
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Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
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because both prophet and priest are ungodly,
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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נ NunYour prophets saw visions for you
that were empty and deceptive;
they did not reveal your guilt
and so restore your fortunes.
They saw oracles for you
that were empty and misleading. Verse Concepts

However, if the watchman sees the sword coming but doesn’t blow the trumpet, so that the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes away their lives, then they have been taken away because of their iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood. Verse Concepts

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of good will. Verse Concepts

and being of the same occupation, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. Verse Concepts

For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you. Verse Concepts

You yourselves know that these hands have provided for my needs and for those who were with me. Verse Concepts

we did not eat anyone’s food free of charge; instead, we labored and struggled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you. Verse Concepts

Then he stayed two whole years in his own rented house. And he welcomed all who visited him, Verse Concepts

But I have used none of these rights, and I have not written this to make it happen that way for me. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast! Verse Concepts

For the Scripture says:

Do not muzzle an ox
while it is treading out the grain,

and,

the worker is worthy of his wages.

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Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a walking stick, for the worker is worthy of his food. Verse Concepts

In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel. Verse Concepts

The one who is taught the message must share all his good things with the teacher. Verse Concepts

Still, you did well by sharing with me in my hardship. Verse Concepts

especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself. Verse Concepts

I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did just as I was commanded. Verse Concepts

Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless; Verse Concepts

by beatings, by imprisonments,
by riots, by labors,
by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
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Are they servants of Christ?
I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one:
with far more labors,
many more imprisonments,
far worse beatings, near death many times.
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so that no one will be shaken by these persecutions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. Verse Concepts