Thematic Bible: The wicked
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Amusements and worldly pleasures » Characteristic of » The wicked
For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.
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Who
Who says in
‘
I will
Nor know loss of children.’
and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
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Anger of God » Against » The wicked
And a God who has
Your hand will find out all your enemies; Your right hand will find out those who hate you. You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.
Beasts » Illustrative of » The wicked
Is
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
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The Counsels and purposes of God » The wicked » Despise
And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near
And come to pass, that we may know it!”
The Counsels and purposes of God » The wicked » Understand not
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
The Counsels and purposes of God » The wicked » Reject
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
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Darkness » The wicked » The children of
for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
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Darkness » The wicked » Being Full of
Darkness » The wicked » Live in
Darkness » The wicked » Walk in
They
All the
Darkness » The wicked » Perpetrate their designs in
They
They do not know the light.
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to themselves
You who live in the clefts of
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘
Thus says the Lord, ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go.
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Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is
Deceit » The wicked » Devise
And those who
And they
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
But they devise
Deceit » The wicked » Utter
He has
Deceit » The wicked » Work
But he who
Deceit » The wicked » Increase in
But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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Deceit » The wicked » Delight in
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to each other
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They
Deceit » The wicked » Being Full of
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
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Envy » The wicked » Being Full of
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
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Envy » The wicked » Live in
Fatherless » The wicked » Judge not for
And companions of thieves;
Everyone
And chases after rewards.
They
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
They also
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the
And they do not
Fatherless » The wicked » Vex
They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.
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Fatherless » The wicked » Rob
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So
And that they may plunder the
Fatherless » The wicked » Murder
And murder the orphans.
Fatherless » The wicked » Overwhelm
And
Fatherless » The wicked » Oppress
They take the
Forgetting God » Characteristic of » The wicked
And forgets the
Who forget My
Who set a table for
And who fill cups with mixed wine for
Injustice » The wicked » Judge with
And
Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
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And justice
For the wicked
Therefore justice comes out
Injustice » The wicked » Practice, without shame
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
Everyone is
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone
Injustice » The wicked » Deal with
He does not
He
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
You who
And
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and
Justice » The wicked » Scorn
And the mouth of the wicked
Justice » The wicked » Banish
And
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
Justice » The wicked » Call not for
They
They
Justice » The wicked » Passover
Justice » The wicked » abhor
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who
And twist everything that is straight,
The law of God » The wicked » Forsake
The Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,
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The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to hear
The
Because they have not listened to My words,
And as for My law, they have
Sons who
To the
The law of God » The wicked » Refuse to walk in
And refused to
The law of God » The wicked » Cast away
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their
For they have
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
The law of God » The wicked » Forget
Because you have
I also will
Since you have
I also will forget your children.
The law of God » The wicked » Despise
“For three transgressions of
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they
And have not kept His statutes;
Their
Those after which their
Eternal life » The wicked » Have not
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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Eternal life » The wicked » Judge themselves unworthy of
Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
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Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Punished for despising
But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
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And
Yet they would not give ear.
Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
"But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,' and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, read more.
and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Abuse
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
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"But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,' and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;
Longsuffering Of God » Exercised toward » The wicked
who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.
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Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Despise
Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
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Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they
And they
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They
Lying » The wicked » Give heed to
A
Lying » The wicked » Addicted to, from their infancy
These who speak lies
Lying » The wicked » Bring forth
And he
Lying » The wicked » Delight in
They
They
But inwardly they curse.
Lying » The wicked » Love
Lying » The wicked » Seek after
How long will you love
Malice » The wicked » Visit saints with
And
Malice » The wicked » Being Full of
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
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Malice » The wicked » Speak with
For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church.
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Malice » The wicked » Conceive
And he
Malice » The wicked » Live in
Miracles » The wicked » Forget
And His
And
So they became stubborn and
But You are a God
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.
A Maskil of Asaph.
Listen, O my people, to my instruction;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Miracles » The wicked » Desire to see
Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some sign performed by Him.
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“He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.
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As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
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Miracles » The wicked » Proof against
But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.
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Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,
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Miracles » The wicked » Often acknowledge
Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs.
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saying, “What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
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Miracles » The wicked » Do not understand
They
But
Miracles » The wicked » Do not consider
for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
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Murder » The wicked » Encourage others to commit
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city. Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king ' Then take him out and stone him to death."
Let us
Let us
Murder » The wicked » Devise
So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
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Murder » The wicked » Swift to commit
And they hasten to shed blood.
Murder » The wicked » Perpetrate
He
And at night he is as a thief.
You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement!
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Murder » The wicked » Intent on
Are intent only upon your own
And on
And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
Murder » The wicked » Lie in wait to commit
He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate. He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net. He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
Murder » The wicked » Being Full of
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
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Murder » The wicked » Have hands full of
Yes, even though you
I will not listen.
Peace » The wicked » Enjoy not
When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.
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Peace » The wicked » Opposed to
They are
Peace » The wicked » Speak not
But they devise
Peace » The wicked » Hate
With those who
Peace » The wicked » Hypocritically speak
And with those who work iniquity,
Who
While evil is in their hearts.
spiritual Peace » The wicked » There is none for
spiritual Peace » The wicked » Know not the way of
They rest in their
Each one who
spiritual Peace » The wicked » Promise, to themselves
It shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.’
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spiritual Peace » The wicked » Are promised, by false teachers
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.
spiritual Peace » The wicked » Know not the things of
saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
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Persecution » The wicked » Active in
He has crushed my life
He
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
Persecution » The wicked » Rejoice in its success
And
And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
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Persecution » The wicked » Addicted to
And they tell of the pain of those whom
Persecution » The wicked » Encourage each other in
Pursue and seize him, for there is
The poor » The wicked » Oppress
"They push the needy aside from the road; The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether. "Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert. "They harvest their fodder in the field And glean the vineyard of the wicked. read more.
"They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold. "They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter. "Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge. "They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
"They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold. "They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter. "Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge. "They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,
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The poor » The wicked » Regard not the cause of
The wicked does not understand such
The poor » The wicked » Devour
The head of his
They
Their exultation was like those
Who
The poor » The wicked » Vex
As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you.
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The poor » The wicked » Grind the faces of
And grinding the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord
The poor » The wicked » Despise the counsel of
But the Lord is his
The poor » The wicked » Persecute
The poor » The wicked » Defraud
saying, "When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales, So as to buy the helpless for money And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?"
The poor » The wicked » Care not for
Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
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The poor » The wicked » Tread down
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
The poor » The wicked » Crush
Who
Who say to
The poor » The wicked » Sell
“For three transgressions of
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they
And the needy for a pair of sandals.
God, Power of » The wicked » Know not
But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.
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God, Power of » The wicked » Shall be destroyed by
God, Power of » The wicked » Have against them
For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.”
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Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
"Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith. "Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man, So that he does not stay at home He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples.
Repentance » The wicked » Not led to by the judgments of God
Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory.
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The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;
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Repentance » The wicked » Averse to
They have spoken what is not right;
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his course,
Like a
Repentance » The wicked » Neglect the time given for
Repentance » The wicked » Not led to, by miraculous interference
"But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'"
Repentance » The wicked » Condemned for neglecting
Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.
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Riches » The wicked » Profit not by
But
Another
Riches » The wicked » Heap up
Surely they make an
He
For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
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And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
Riches » The wicked » Have trouble with
But trouble is in the income of the wicked.
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Riches » The wicked » Boast themselves in
And boast in the abundance of their riches?
But
And
Riches » The wicked » Keep, to their hurt
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
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Riches » The wicked » Must leave, to others
The
And
Riches » The wicked » Often increase in
And always
Riches » The wicked » Trust in the abundance of
But
And
Riches » The wicked » Often spend their days in
And
Riches » The wicked » Swallow down
But will
God will expel them from his belly.
Righteousness » The wicked » Slay those who follow
not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
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And
Righteousness » The wicked » Do not obey
but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.
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in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
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Righteousness » The wicked » Speak contemptuously against those who follow
Which
With pride and contempt.
And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross." In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, read more.
"He saved others; He cannot save Himself He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. "HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE DELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'" The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.
"He saved others; He cannot save Himself He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. "HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE DELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'" The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.
Righteousness » The wicked » Are far from
Who are
They are far from Your law.
Righteousness » The wicked » Though favored, will not learn
He does not
He
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
They, however, were rebellious in their
And so
Righteousness » The wicked » Leave off
He has
And
Righteousness » The wicked » Should awake to
Righteousness » The wicked » Vainly wish to die as those who follow
Or number the fourth part of Israel?
Righteousness » The wicked » Should break off their sins by
Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
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Righteousness » The wicked » Should sow to themselves in
Reap in accordance with
For it is time to
Until He
Righteousness » The wicked » Make mention of God, not it
And who came forth from the
Who
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in
Righteousness » The wicked » Hate those who follow
And those who hate the righteous will be
Righteousness » The wicked » Follow not after
Righteousness » The wicked » Are free from
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
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Righteousness » The wicked » Do not
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
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Righteousness » The wicked » Love lying rather than
Righteousness » The wicked » Are enemies of
and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
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The sabbath » The wicked » Pollute
But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.
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because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols.
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And the son of man who
Who
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
The sabbath » The wicked » Traffic on
As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction of every debt.
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In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day So I admonished them on the day they sold food. Also men of Tyre were living there who imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem.
The sabbath » The wicked » May be judicially deprived of
Her
And all her festal assemblies.
He has
The Lord has
The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion,
And He has
In the indignation of His anger.
The sabbath » The wicked » Profane
Then I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing you are doing, by profaning the sabbath day?
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You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.
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The sabbath » The wicked » Sometimes pretend to be zealous for
Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.
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But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”
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The sabbath » The wicked » Dishonoring of--exemplified
Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day.
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'Thus says the LORD, "Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem. "You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the sabbath day holy, as I commanded your forefathers. "Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.
It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.
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The sabbath » The wicked » Mock at
That were from the days of old,
When her people fell into the hand of the adversary
And
The adversaries saw her,
They
The sabbath » The wicked » Honoring of--exemplified
But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
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Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation; and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
The sabbath » The wicked » Bear burdens on
In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food.
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The sabbath » The wicked » Work on
In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food.
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The sabbath » The wicked » Hide their eyes from
Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
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The sabbath » The wicked » Do their own pleasure on
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the sabbath a
And honor it, desisting from your
From seeking your own pleasure
And
The sabbath » The wicked » Wearied by
saying,
“When will thenew moon be over,
So that we may sell grain,
And thesabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make thebushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And tocheat with dishonest scales,
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“When will the
So that we may sell grain,
And the
To make the
And to
Salt » Illustrative » Preparation » The wicked » For destruction
The scriptures » The wicked » Corrupt
For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.
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The scriptures » The wicked » Obey not
Because they do not keep Your
The scriptures » The wicked » Frequently wrest, to their own destruction
as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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The scriptures » The wicked » Reject
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have
And what kind of wisdom do they have?
The scriptures » The wicked » Make, of none effect through their traditions
He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition. "For Moses said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER'; and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH'; but you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),' read more.
you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother; thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."
you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother; thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."
The scriptures » The wicked » Stumble at
and,
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.
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“
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Shall be surprised by
"For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
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While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.
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The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Shall be punished at
dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Presume upon the delay of
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Scoff at
Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation."
Seeking God » The wicked » Sometimes pretend to
As a nation that has done
And
They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”
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Seeking God » The wicked » Prepare not their hearts for
He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
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Seeking God » The wicked » Rejected, when too late in
They will
Seeking God » The wicked » Are gone out of the way of
The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God. They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
Seeking God » The wicked » Not led to, by affliction
Nor do they
Seeking God » The wicked » Refuse, through pride
All his
Self-delusion » Characteristic of » The wicked
And though men praise you when you do well for yourself—
Sickness » The wicked » A large amount » Sorrow
Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.
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Sickness » The wicked » Forsake those in
David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago.
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Sickness » The wicked » Visit not those in
Sin » The wicked » Tempt others to
My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; read more.
We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"
We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse,"
“Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins,
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Sin » The wicked » Expect impunity in
You thought that I was just like you;
I will
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”
Sin » The wicked » Delight in those who commit
And
and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
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And the princes with their
Sin » The wicked » Excuse
The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the command of the LORD." But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?" Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed."
Sin » The wicked » Led by despair to continue in
And your throat from thirst;
But you said, ‘
No! For I have
And after them I will walk.’
But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
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Sin » The wicked » Guilty of, in everything they do
The
“Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you will be seized with the hand.
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Sin » The wicked » Encouraged in, by prosperity
The income of the wicked, punishment.
"Why do the wicked still live, Continue on, also become very powerful? "Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes, Their houses are safe from fear, And the rod of God is not on them. read more.
"His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not abort. "They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about. "They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute. "They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. "They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways. 'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'
"His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not abort. "They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about. "They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute. "They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. "They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways. 'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'
Sin » The wicked » Throw the blame of, on God
then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—that you may do all these abominations?
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Sin » The wicked » Try to conceal, from God
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
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He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
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Sin » The wicked » Heap up
“Who
And
In order to add sin to sin;
To
Sin » The wicked » Servants to
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
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Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
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Sin » The wicked » Plead necessity for
But Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering."
Sin » The wicked » Throw the blame of, on others
The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Sin » The wicked » Defy God in committing
Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes; Who say, "Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it; And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near And come to pass, that we may know it!"
Sin » The wicked » Shall bear the shame of
Also bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.
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Sin » The wicked » Make a mock at
But
Sin » The wicked » Dead in
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
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Sin » The wicked » Cannot cease from
having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;
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Sin » The wicked » Boast of
And they display their sin like
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to
For they have
Sin » The wicked » Encourage themselves in
They
They say, “
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Addicted to
And
Surely they swear falsely.”
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
"Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, 'We are delivered!'--that you may do all these abominations?
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall have a curse upon their houses for
I will make it go forth,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones.”
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Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall be cut off for
Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.
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Swearing falsely » The wicked » Shall be judged on account of
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.
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profane Swearing » The wicked » Addicted to
profane Swearing » The wicked » Clothe themselves with
And it
And like oil into his bones.
profane Swearing » The wicked » Love
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Swine » Illustrative of » The wicked
The Devil » The wicked » Are the children of
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
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and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
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The Devil » The wicked » Possessed by
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?
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in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
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The Devil » The wicked » Ensnared by
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.
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And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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The Devil » The wicked » Blinded by
in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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The Devil » The wicked » Deceived by
"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' "The LORD said to him, 'How?' And he said, 'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.'
The Devil » The wicked » Turn aside after
for some have already turned aside to follow Satan.
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The Devil » The wicked » Troubled by
The Devil » The wicked » Punished, together with
The Devil » The wicked » Do the lusts of
The favor of God » The wicked » Do not obtain
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of
Therefore
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.
So I will hurl you out of this land into the land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will grant you no favor.’
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The favor of God » The wicked » Uninfluenced by
He does not
He
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
Theft » The wicked » Commit, under shelter of the night
He
And at night he is as a thief.
If
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only
If grape gatherers came to you,
Theft » The wicked » Repent not of
and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.
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Theft » The wicked » Plead excuses for
"Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, 'We are delivered!'--that you may do all these abominations?
Theft » The wicked » Destroy themselves by
Because they
Theft » The wicked » Addicted to
But I have
Theft » The wicked » Associate with those who commit
And companions of thieves;
Everyone
And chases after rewards.
They
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
Theft » The wicked » Consent to those who commit
And
Theft » The wicked » Store up the fruits of
But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”
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Theft » The wicked » Lie in wait to commit
So a band of priests
Surely they have committed
Theft » The wicked » May, for a season, prosper in
And those who provoke God
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They
“On a nation such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?
Truth » The wicked » Uphold not
Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter. Yes, truth is lacking; And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey Now the LORD saw, And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.
Truth » The wicked » Are not valiant for
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they
And they
Truth » The wicked » Speak not
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They
Truth » The wicked » Plead not for
They
They
Truth » The wicked » Destitute of
For the Lord has a
Because there is
Or
Uprightness » The wicked » Do not act with
The most upright like a
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your
Then their
And there is no upright person among men.
All of them lie in wait for
Each of them hunts the other with a
Uprightness » The wicked » Leave not the path of
To walk in the
Uprightness » The wicked » Have not, in heart
His soul is not right within him;
But the
Vanity » The wicked » Speak
With
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.
Vanity » The wicked » Imagine
who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,
‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
And the peoples devise futile things?
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‘
And the peoples devise futile things?
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
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And the peoples
Vanity » The wicked » Reap
They have
But be ashamed of your
Because of the
And the
Vanity » The wicked » Walk in
Surely they make an
He
Vanity » The wicked » Judicially given up to
But the wind will carry all of them up,
And a breath will take them away.
But he who
And will
And their years in sudden terror.
Vanity » The wicked » Count God's service as
And
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
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Vanity » The wicked » Inherit
And my
To You the
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but
Futility and
Vanity » The wicked » Allure others by words of
For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,
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Vanity » The wicked » Walk after
Thus says the Lord,
“What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked afteremptiness and became empty?
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“
That they went far from Me
And walked after
Vanity » The wicked » Devise
He sets himself on a
He
Vanity » The wicked » Though full of, affect to be wise
When the
Vanity » The wicked » Especially characterized by
And He
Vanity » The wicked » Love
How long will you love
The wicked » Devices of » General references to
Who work out evil on their beds!
For it is in the
He sets himself on a
He
Men will call a
But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
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Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Who
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
He
To
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,
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The wicked » Devices of » End of
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.
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Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.
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But its
For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
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The
Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
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but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.
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Then I perceived their
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Priests, corrupt
So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”
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In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,
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Her
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
“
Calamity will not come upon us.”
Her
They have done violence to the law.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
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And the priests rule
And My people
But what will you do at the end of it?
Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
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Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a
And a net spread out on Tabor.
So a band of priests
Surely they have committed
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.
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The wicked » Devices of » Forsaken
Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
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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 departed from him.
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To walk in their own devices.
They will
But God turned away and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘It was not to Me that you offered victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, O house of Israel?
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The wicked » Devices of » Fate of
These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved.
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And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
It is
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and
But I will
He will
The
And all
It was only that they might be
And
And you will look carefully for
The wicked » Guilt of » Misery of
And
And
Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” And Saul answered, “I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do.”
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But the way of the treacherous is hard.
There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,
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Wherever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken and as the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.
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The wicked » Despised
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your
They seek your life.
And a man of evil devices is hated.
Your
All who hear
Will
For on whom has not your evil passed continually?
But one of perverse
And will
And will
On the
Who have
For their
And they will be an
The wicked » Confounded
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.
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The
And
So that their hands cannot attain success.
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were as the
As
Therefore my
They will be utterly ashamed, because they have
With an
And makes fools of
Who
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Snared
Will
But the
And he steps on the webbing.
In the
He who guards himself will be far from them.
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
But the righteous
Then they will fall and be broken;
They will even be snared and caught.”
The wicked » Characteristics of
And
People weighed down with iniquity,
Sons who
They have
They have
They have turned away
They
Their
Their
They
And
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Punishment of
but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.
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That I will
And I will punish the men
Who are
Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will
And the
I will also put an end to the
And abase the
To
And the earth will
And will no longer cover her slain.
Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies;
To the coastlands He will
“And I will
That it may devour all its environs.”’”
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Threatenings against
I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.
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“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.
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He has
“I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.
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And will
Because I called, but
I spoke, but they did not listen.
And they did
And chose that in which I did not delight.”
It shall come about that just as all the good words which the Lord your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the threats, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
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The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » Rooted up
“For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.
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And
He will snatch you up and
And
and the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger and in fury and in great wrath, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’
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To destroy and to overthrow,
But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.
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The wicked » Guilt of » Insecurity of
Like a
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes
Before He brings
And before your
On the dusky mountains,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into
And turns it into gloom.
You cast them down to
Or like one who lies down on the top of a
They will be driven away into the
For I will bring
The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.
"It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.
"Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. "The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
The wicked » Guilt of » Prayers of, unanswered
Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? "Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" read more.
So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account." And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes. "Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" And He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it on account of the forty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."
So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account." And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes. "Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" And He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it on account of the forty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."
Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob's thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But he said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." read more.
So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there. So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."
So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there. So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."
Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? "And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future And this is the custom of man, O Lord GOD. "Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD! read more.
"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know. "For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. "And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? "For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. "Now therefore, O LORD God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken, that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel'; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You. "For You, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house'; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You. "Now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. "Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever."
"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know. "For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. "And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? "For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. "Now therefore, O LORD God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken, that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel'; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You. "For You, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house'; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You. "Now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. "Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever."
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart, who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day. read more.
"Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.' "Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David. "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. "Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive. "If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. "When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this house, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men, that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You have given to our fathers. "Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake (for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. "When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. "When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly'; if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace), that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD." When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. "May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. "And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no one else. "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."
"Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.' "Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David. "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. "Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive. "If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. "When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this house, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men, that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You have given to our fathers. "Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake (for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. "When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. "When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly'; if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace), that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD." When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. "May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. "And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no one else. "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."
It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples." And He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. 'Give us each day our daily bread. read more.
'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'" Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'" Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, saying, "In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. "There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my opponent.' read more.
"For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'" And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"
"For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'" And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"
The wicked » Contrasted with the righteous
But
But the righteous are
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,
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But the Lord
But you will
And you will wail with a broken spirit.
But
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
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The wicked » Death of
“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”
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I sought for him, but he could not be found.
And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility.
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Before morning
And the lot of those who pillage us.
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold
He who is
They were not even ashamed at all;
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
Who say, ‘As your god lives, O
And, ‘As the way of
They will fall and
But
Or your
For the men themselves go apart with harlots
And offer sacrifices with
So the people without understanding are
“You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord,
“Do menfall and not get up again?
Does one turn away and notrepent?
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“Do men
Does one turn away and not
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Rapacity of
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
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But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.
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But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
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You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
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The wicked » Cut off
But I will
But those
But the
Whose
Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
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But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And the
The
The wicked » Devices of » Forgotten
So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility.
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And he has no name abroad.
To
That He may
for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.
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The wicked » Guilt of » The name of the wicked to be blotted out
The Lord shall never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
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But
You have
In a following generation let their
“I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity,” declares the Lord.
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The wicked » Guilt of » Portion of
And the inheritance which
From Me,” declares the Lord,
“Because you have
And trusted in falsehood.
Their portion is
They do not turn
Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Unlamented
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed with no one’s regret, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
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“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”
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“Those slain by the Lord on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground.
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Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
“They will notlament for him:
‘Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’
They will not lament for him:
‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’
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“They will not
‘
They will not lament for him:
‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’
Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them.
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The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Judges of israel
And
They are
But the
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the
And his
And their
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Prosperity of
And those who provoke God
Indeed I would
Why has the
Why are all those who
They also
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the
And they do not
As I saw the
Spreading himself like a
And always
The wicked » Devices of » Will be defeated
But He will condemn a man
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
But when it came to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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So that their hands cannot attain success.
The wicked » Compared to chaff
His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
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And like
But they are like
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their
For they have
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
But He will
And be chased
Or like whirling dust before a gale.
And like dew which
Like
And like
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Rejection of, by God
For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
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And insubordination is as
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
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The wicked » Desolation of, as a result of sin
They are utterly swept away by
And fire consumes
And those who hate the righteous will be
Who
The wicked » Devices of » Feet of
And they hasten to shed blood.
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Disobedience
Then you returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.
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Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But He did not answer him on that day.
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The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » Judas
Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
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And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
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The wicked » Guilt of » Joseph's brethren
Then they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
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Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the Lord is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.
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The wicked » Causes of failure in » Iniquity
And your sins have hidden His
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will
Because they have
The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » David
David said to God, “Is it not I who commanded to count the people? Indeed, I am the one who has sinned and done very wickedly, but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord my God, please let Your hand be against me and my father’s household, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”
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The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » Esau
that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Neglect of mercy
Will also cry himself and not be
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Stubbornness
And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;
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The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » The israelites
When Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly.
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The wicked » Remorse of, examples of » Peter
And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
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The wicked » Causes of failure in » Despising the law
Even his
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Indifference
They will