Thematic Bible: Warnings against
Thematic Bible
Backsliding » Warnings against
I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, because he will speak peace to his people, even his faithful [ones], but let them not return to folly.
Therefore, the one who thinks that he stands must watch out lest he fall.
Conceit » Warnings against
For if anyone thinks he is something [although he] is nothing, he is deceiving himself.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Yahweh and retreat from evil.
[Do] you see a man wise in his own eyes? [There is more] hope for a fool than for him.
Ah! [Those who are] wise in their own eyes and have understanding {in their view}!
Think the same [thing] toward one another; {do not think arrogantly}, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise {in your own sight}.
Verse Concepts
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he has not yet known as it is necessary to know.
Disobedience to God » Warnings against
But, if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh, and you rebel against {what Yahweh says}, then the hand of Yahweh will be against you [as it was] against your ancestors.
But if they do not listen, then {I will completely uproot and destroy that nation}." {declares} Yahweh.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Warnings against
All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.
For "The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and [his] lips must not speak deceit.
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.
Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge [of the law].
Remind them to be subject to the rulers [and] to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all courtesy to all people.
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.
For "The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and [his] lips must not speak deceit.
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.
Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge [of the law].
Remind them to be subject to the rulers [and] to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all courtesy to all people.
Formalism » Warnings against
maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these [people].
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}.
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit [to them] as [if] living in the world?
And the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with its mouth, and with its lips it honors me, and its heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,
Yet they seek me day [by] day, and they desire the knowledge of my ways like a nation that {practiced} righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask me for {righteous judgments}, they desire the closeness of God.
'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,
You must not {continue} to bring offerings of futility, incense--it [is] an abomination to me; new moon and Sabbath, [the] calling of a convocation-- I cannot endure iniquity with [solemn] assembly.
You carefully observe days and months and seasons and years. I am afraid [for] you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain!
Forsaking God » Warnings against
"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for Yahweh searches all hearts and understands every plan and [all] thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.
If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster to you; he will destroy you after he has done good to you."
Harlots » Warnings against
A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes will squander his wealth.
Then behold! A woman [comes] to meet him [with the] garment of a prostitute and {a secret heart}.
for her house sinks to death, and to the dead are her paths.
For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.
[in order] to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of [the] tongue of {an adulteress}.
{I will not punish your daughters} when they play the whore, or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; because they go aside with whores, and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes, a people that does not understand comes to ruin.
But when this son of yours returned--who has consumed your assets with prostitutes--you killed the fattened calf for him!'
Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body [with her]? For it says, "The two will become one flesh."
Idolatry » Warnings against
"So {you must be very careful for yourselves}, because you did not see any form on the day Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, so that you [do] not {ruin yourselves} and make for yourselves a divine image [in] a form of any image, a replica of male or female, a replica of any animal that [is] upon the earth, a replica of any winged bird that flies in the air, read more.
a replica of any creeping thing on the ground, a replica of any fish that [is] in the water {below} the earth. {And do this so that you do not lift} your eyes [toward] heaven and {observe} the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of the heaven, and be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that Yahweh your God has allotted to all [of] the peoples under all [of] the heaven.
a replica of any creeping thing on the ground, a replica of any fish that [is] in the water {below} the earth. {And do this so that you do not lift} your eyes [toward] heaven and {observe} the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of the heaven, and be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that Yahweh your God has allotted to all [of] the peoples under all [of] the heaven.
Impenitence » Warnings against
I struck you with blight, and with plant mildew, and hail, all the work of your hands. But {you did not come back to me},' {declares} Yahweh.
Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.
And now, because of your doing all these things," {declares} Yahweh, "and {I have spoken to you over and over again}, and you have not listened, and I called you, and you have not answered,
Then he began to reproach the towns in which the majority of his miracles had been done, because they did not repent:
"And I in turn gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you did not return to me," [is] the declaration of Yahweh.
Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of {humans} fills up within them to do evil.
" 'And if you do not accept correction from me through these [things], but you go against me [in] hostility,
The pride of Israel {testifies against him}-- they do not return to Yahweh their God; they do not seek him for all of this.
Ingratitude to God » Warnings against
"Take care for yourself so that you not forget Yahweh your God [by] not keeping his commandments and his regulations and his statutes that I [am] commanding you {today}, lest [when] you have eaten and you are satisfied and you have built good houses and you live [in them], and your herds and your flocks have multiplied, and {you have accumulated silver and gold}, and all that {you have} has multiplied, read more.
then your heart {becomes proud} and you forget Yahweh your God, {the one who brought you out} from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery,
then your heart {becomes proud} and you forget Yahweh your God, {the one who brought you out} from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery,
Only fear Yahweh and serve him faithfully with all of your heart. For consider {what great things he has done for you}. But if you continue to do wickedness, both you and your king will be swept away."
Instability » Warnings against
How you go about so much changing your way! Also by Egypt you will be put to shame, just as you were put to shame by Assyria.
What will I do with you, Ephraim? What will I do with you, Judah? Your love [is] like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early in the morning.
so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.
Verse Concepts
CraftinessAdulthoodFalse TeachingsFalse Teachers, Characteristics OfFalse Doctrines, Christian Attitude OfEdification, Goal Ofdoubt, results ofDoubt, Dealing WithFalse Doctrine, Dangers OfChildishnessChildhoodCharmChaosBabies, Figurative UseHeresiesInstabilityMaturity, SpiritualDeception Through False TeachersSeafaringShrewdnessStabilityTrap
Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings, for [it is] good [for] the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods by which those who participate have not benefited.
Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; with those who change, do not associate.
But let him ask for [it] in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.
Presumption » Warnings against
and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust and who despise authority. Bold [and] arrogant, they do not tremble in awe [as they] blaspheme majestic beings,
But the one {who acts presumptuously} from among the native or alien blasphemes against Yahweh, and that person must be cut off from the midst of the people.
Woe [to the] one who strives with his {maker}, a potsherd among potsherds of earth! Does [the] clay say to the one who fashions it, 'What are you making?' and 'Your work has no hands'?
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit,"
However, the prophet that behaves presumptuously by speaking a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other gods, then that prophet shall die.'
nor put Christ to the test, as some of them tested [him], and were destroyed by snakes,
You shall not put Yahweh your God to [the] test, as you tested [him] at Massah.
Rashness » Warnings against
The plans of the diligent only [lead] to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
You see a man who is hasty in his words: [there is more] hope for a fool than him.
Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be quick to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you [are] on earth; therefore, let your words be few.
Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.
Therefore [because] these [things] are undeniable, it is necessary [that] you be quiet and do nothing rash!
Religion » Formalism » Warnings against
maintaining a form of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid these [people].
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}.
If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit [to them] as [if] living in the world?
And the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with its mouth, and with its lips it honors me, and its heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,
Yet they seek me day [by] day, and they desire the knowledge of my ways like a nation that {practiced} righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask me for {righteous judgments}, they desire the closeness of God.
'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,
You must not {continue} to bring offerings of futility, incense--it [is] an abomination to me; new moon and Sabbath, [the] calling of a convocation-- I cannot endure iniquity with [solemn] assembly.
You carefully observe days and months and seasons and years. I am afraid [for] you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain!
Secret sins » Warnings against
Who can perceive [his] errors? Acquit me from hidden [faults].
The {Israelites} secretly did things which [were] not right, against Yahweh their God; they built high places for themselves in all their towns, from the watchtower up to the fortified city.
Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide [it] from Yahweh, and their deeds are in a dark place. And they say, "Who sees us? And who knows us?"
And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel [are] doing in the dark, each in the inner rooms of his idol, for [they are] saying, 'Yahweh [is] not seeing us; Yahweh has abandoned the land.'"
He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [the] light
For it is shameful even to speak [about] the things being [done] by them in secret,
You have put our iniquities before you, our hidden [sins] into the light of your countenance.
Sin » Unpardonable, the » Warnings against
Therefore, dear friends, [because you] know [this] beforehand, guard yourselves so that you do not lose your own safe position [because you] have been led away by the error of lawless persons.
Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, for [by then] the anger of Yahweh will smoke, and his passion against that man and all the curses written in this scroll will descend on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven.
Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape [when they] refused the one who warned [them] on earth, much less [will] we [escape], [if we] reject the [one who warns] from heaven,
Give glory to Yahweh your God {before} he brings darkness, and {before} your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight. And you will hope for light, but he makes it as gloom, he makes [it] as thick darkness.
And Jonah began to go into the city a journey of one day, and he cried out and said, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be demolished!"
But, if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh, and you rebel against {what Yahweh says}, then the hand of Yahweh will be against you [as it was] against your ancestors.
If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster to you; he will destroy you after he has done good to you."
Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, men of mockery, rulers of these people in Jerusalem:
And after bringing them outside [one] said, "Flee for your life; do not look behind you, and do not stand anywhere in the plain. Flee to the mountains lest you be destroyed."
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Who can perceive [his] errors? Acquit me from hidden [faults].
The {Israelites} secretly did things which [were] not right, against Yahweh their God; they built high places for themselves in all their towns, from the watchtower up to the fortified city.
Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide [it] from Yahweh, and their deeds are in a dark place. And they say, "Who sees us? And who knows us?"
And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel [are] doing in the dark, each in the inner rooms of his idol, for [they are] saying, 'Yahweh [is] not seeing us; Yahweh has abandoned the land.'"
He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [the] light
For it is shameful even to speak [about] the things being [done] by them in secret,
You have put our iniquities before you, our hidden [sins] into the light of your countenance.
Sins » Secret » Warnings against
Who can perceive [his] errors? Acquit me from hidden [faults].
The {Israelites} secretly did things which [were] not right, against Yahweh their God; they built high places for themselves in all their towns, from the watchtower up to the fortified city.
Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide [it] from Yahweh, and their deeds are in a dark place. And they say, "Who sees us? And who knows us?"
And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel [are] doing in the dark, each in the inner rooms of his idol, for [they are] saying, 'Yahweh [is] not seeing us; Yahweh has abandoned the land.'"
He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [the] light
For it is shameful even to speak [about] the things being [done] by them in secret,
You have put our iniquities before you, our hidden [sins] into the light of your countenance.
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, until this very day."
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.
And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.
Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or early in the morning-- lest he arrive suddenly [and] find you sleeping.
So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.
Speaking, evil » Warnings against
All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.
For "The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and [his] lips must not speak deceit.
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.
Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge [of the law].
Remind them to be subject to the rulers [and] to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all courtesy to all people.
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, until this very day."
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.
And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.
Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or early in the morning-- lest he arrive suddenly [and] find you sleeping.
So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.
Stubbornness » Warnings against
Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.
because {I know} that you [are] obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation [that] did not make ready its heart, whose spirit was not faithful [to] God.
If you will not listen, and if you will not {take it to heart} to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of hosts, "then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; moreover I have [already] cursed them because {you are not taking it to heart}.
Unbelief » Warnings against
Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, [with the result that you] fall away from the living God.
Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience.
Women » Harlots » Warnings against
A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes will squander his wealth.
Then behold! A woman [comes] to meet him [with the] garment of a prostitute and {a secret heart}.
for her house sinks to death, and to the dead are her paths.
For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.
[in order] to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of [the] tongue of {an adulteress}.
{I will not punish your daughters} when they play the whore, or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; because they go aside with whores, and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes, a people that does not understand comes to ruin.
But when this son of yours returned--who has consumed your assets with prostitutes--you killed the fattened calf for him!'
Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body [with her]? For it says, "The two will become one flesh."
Worldliness » Warnings against
Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes [himself] an enemy of God.
Verse Concepts
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"But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly
training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,
And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.
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For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
Verse Concepts
Set your mind on the things above, not [on] the things on earth.
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