Thematic Bible: The wages of sin do not profit


Thematic Bible



For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,


Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

This is a wicked man’s lot from God,
the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.


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