Thematic Bible: Warnings against
Thematic Bible
Backsliding » Warnings against
I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn't fall.
Conceit » Warnings against
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.
Verse Concepts
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.
Disobedience to God » Warnings against
but if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you, as it was against your fathers.
But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
Evil » Speaking » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
Formalism » Warnings against
holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
The Lord said, "Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.
You observe days, months, seasons, and years. I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
Forsaking God » Warnings against
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."
Harlots » Warnings against
Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two," says he, "will become one flesh."
Idolatry » Warnings against
Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky, read more.
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth; and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
Impenitence » Warnings against
I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says Yahweh.
Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:
Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.
"I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
"'If by these things you won't be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me;
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven't returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.
Ingratitude to God » Warnings against
Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day: lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; read more.
then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you. But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king."
Instability » Warnings against
Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
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Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
Presumption » Warnings against
but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
"'But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Woe to him who strives with his Maker -- a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die."
Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
Rashness » Warnings against
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
Seeing then that these things can't be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
Religion » Formalism » Warnings against
holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
The Lord said, "Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.
You observe days, months, seasons, and years. I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
Secret sins » Warnings against
Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Yahweh their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Sin » Unpardonable, the » Warnings against
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!"
but if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you, as it was against your fathers.
If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."
Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Yahweh their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Sins » Secret » Warnings against
Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Yahweh their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."
Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
Speaking, evil » Warnings against
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."
Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
Stubbornness » Warnings against
Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of Armies, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
Unbelief » Warnings against
Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
Women » Harlots » Warnings against
Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'
Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two," says he, "will become one flesh."
Worldliness » Warnings against
You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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"So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
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For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.
Verse Concepts
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
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