Thematic Bible: Support of

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, 'Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.' Verse Concepts

For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely, Verse Concepts

Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber. Verse Concepts

For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah. Verse Concepts

Thy prophets have seen for thee a false and insipid thing, And have not revealed concerning thine iniquity, To turn back thy captivity, And they see for thee false burdens and causes of expulsion. Verse Concepts

And the watchman, when he seeth the sword coming in, And he hath not blown with a trumpet, And the people hath not been warned, And come in doth a sword, And taketh away of them -- a soul, He in his iniquity is taken away, And his blood from the hand of the watchman I require. Verse Concepts

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ; Verse Concepts

and because of being of the same craft, he did remain with them, and was working, for they were tent-makers as to craft; Verse Concepts

for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God; Verse Concepts

and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands; Verse Concepts

nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you; Verse Concepts

and Paul remained an entire two years in his own hired house, and was receiving all those coming in unto him, Verse Concepts

And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for it is good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void; Verse Concepts

for the Writing saith, 'An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and 'Worthy is the workman of his reward.' Verse Concepts

nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment. Verse Concepts

so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live. Verse Concepts

And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing -- in all good things. Verse Concepts

but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation; Verse Concepts

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch. Verse Concepts

And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded. Verse Concepts

unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about, Verse Concepts

in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, Verse Concepts

ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times; Verse Concepts

that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set, Verse Concepts