Thematic Bible: Wicked, the, are compared to


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Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

Like a dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who repeats his folly.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdogsVomittingSin, Love OfWicked Described AsSinning RepeatedlyFoolspoop

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.” Verse ConceptsHell, Description OfNames For HeavenHell, As An ExperienceForksSin, God's Judgment OnThreshing FloorToolsWinnowingWicked Described AsEternal JudgmentLight As ChaffReapingBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesWeed

“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?
Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
Verse ConceptsWindWicked Described AsChaffLight As ChaffThe Wicked Will Perish

You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross;
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
Verse ConceptsdrossWicked Described AsUseless PeopleLoving God's Things

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver. "Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.


I will bring distress on men
So that they will walk like the blind,
Because they have sinned against the Lord;
And their blood will be poured out like dust
And their flesh like dung.
Verse ConceptsdiscouragementWicked Described AsWalking In DarknessDefecationGod KillingGod BlindingGod Will Kill The PeoplesSin Brings SicknessGod Troubling

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver. Verse ConceptsCopperdrossIronTinWicked Described AsFurnacesThings Like SilverUseless People

All of them are stubbornly rebellious,
Going about as a talebearer.
They are bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.
Verse ConceptsBackbitingRebellion, Of IsraelWicked Described AsSpreading StoriesThings Like Bronzeapostasy

“Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up,
And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up,
And it will be a memorial to the Lord,
For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off.”
Verse ConceptsBriersDivine ManifestationsPlantsFir TreesWeedsWicked Described AsEternal DeliveranceMyrtleSigns Attending Christ

And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house. Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men


But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed, Verse ConceptsDeath, Of UnbelieversDestructionProfanityWicked Described AsInstinctAnnihilationDestruction Of The WickedKilling Wild AnimalsBeing Killed Like An AnimalMen Similar To AnimalsMammalsKilled Like An AnimalPetsignorancecorruptionacting

They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear


Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.” Verse ConceptsdogsWicked Described AsDegradationSwinePigsUnclean SpiritsOld SayingsUnclean AnimalsBacksliderspork

Behold, the Lord God helps Me;
Who is he who condemns Me?
Behold, they will all wear out like a garment;
The moth will eat them.
Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

“For the moth will eat them like a garment,
And the grub will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation to all generations.”
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfClothingGod, Righteousness OfInsectsWoolSalvation, Described AsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormEternal DeliverancePeople Wearing Outclosureworms

For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” Verse ConceptsFurnacesFaithlessness, As Disobedienceevil, victory overevil, warnings againstPride, Results OfPunishment, By GodRootsAbaseWicked Described AsAbasement Of The ProudThe ProudEvildoersLight As ChaffBurning PeopleResidueThe Proud Will Be Abased

“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?
Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.
Verse ConceptsGrassWicked Described AsThe Fate Of The WickedEvildoersEternal JudgementDestruction Of The WickedGod Judges The WickedLike GrassProsperity Of The Wicked


They are all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
Verse ConceptsDoughBakingOvensWicked Described AsCessationLeavenedBaking BreadKneading DoughThose Who Committed Adultery

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.
Verse ConceptsFurnacesWicked Described AsBurning PeopleGod Will Be Angry

Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Verse ConceptsCoatsNominal ReligionWicked Described AsProfessingArtificialnessOverlaid With SilverShowing Hypocrisy


‘Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away. Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfOccupationsThrowing AwayWicked Described AsBeachesFullness Of The KingdomPulling ThingsPeople Sitting DownDistinguishingGood Or BadFish

‘But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says the Lord—so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsSurvivors Of IsraelBad Items


‘Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,
As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

“For he will be like a bush in the desert
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A land of salt without inhabitant.
Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDry PlacesLiving In The WildernessEmpty By NatureSourness

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

They call them rejected silver,
Because the Lord has rejected them.
Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfWicked Described AsReprobatesThings Like SilverRejection

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children, Verse ConceptsGenerationsWicked Described AsLikeningMarketplacesCommerceComparingLike ChildrenLikening Peoplehumor


“But you have been cast out of your tomb
Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.
Verse ConceptsThe DeadCovering The BodyPitsWicked Described AsUnburied BodiesPits As A Term For Graves

But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things

“I have listened and heard,
They have spoken what is not right;
No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his course,
Like a horse charging into the battle.
Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodWicked Described As

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. Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfFailureComplacencyWicked Described AsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHearing ChristThe Work Of FoolsDoing God's WorksSand And Gravel


“But you have been cast out of your tomb
Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.
Verse ConceptsThe DeadCovering The BodyPitsWicked Described AsUnburied BodiesPits As A Term For Graves

They surrounded me like bees;
They were extinguished as a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
Verse ConceptsBeesInsectsThornsWicked Described AsEnemies SurroundingExtinguishingWeed

Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. Verse ConceptsShallownessWicked Described AsSuddenlyThings Going UpPlanting SeedsSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The GroundThe EnvironmentSowing Seeds

Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Verse ConceptsBullsWicked Described AsEnemies SurroundingWild OxUnicorns

I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
Verse ConceptsColors, GreenAffluenceWicked Described AsPursuing ViolenceAbuse

By the fury of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up,
And the people are like fuel for the fire;
No man spares his brother.
Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsFire Of God's AngerNot Sparingwrath

And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house. Verse ConceptsBriersThornsMinisters, Way They Should TeachWicked Described AsScorpionsDo Not Fear Men

O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind.
Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsLight As ChaffWeed

For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away
Or as a garden that has no water.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks

You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts. Verse ConceptsFeetAshesWicked Described AsPromised VictoryTrampling PeopleGod Judges The Wickeddust

He is like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion lurking in hiding places.
Verse ConceptsHuntingLionsWicked Described AsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesGreed

For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away
Or as a garden that has no water.
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks

Those who make them will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.
Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionWicked Described AsTrusting IdolsThings Like Peoplestatues

Therefore they will be like the morning cloud
And like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.
Verse ConceptsdewChaffMistMorningSmokeThreshing FloorWeather, As God's JudgmentWicked Described AsPassing AwayLight As ChaffsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

Therefore they will be like the morning cloud
And like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.
Verse ConceptsdewChaffMistMorningSmokeThreshing FloorWeather, As God's JudgmentWicked Described AsPassing AwayLight As ChaffsmokingSmoke Used Poetically


They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
Verse ConceptsCobrasBitingEarsPoisonSerpentsWicked Described AsAnimals, Types OfThings Like SnakesRefusing To Hear

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish before God.
Verse ConceptsSmokeWicked Described AsMeltingWaxDriven From God's PresenceThe Lord Will Drive Them OutThe Presence Of GodsmokinganniversarySmoke Used Poetically

Therefore they will be like the morning cloud
And like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.
Verse ConceptsdewChaffMistMorningSmokeThreshing FloorWeather, As God's JudgmentWicked Described AsPassing AwayLight As ChaffsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

An idiot will become intelligent
When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.
Verse ConceptsColtsWicked Described AsWorldly WisdomWild DonkeysWise ProverbsWisdom

wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever. Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRootsAgape LovePlucking OutThe Second DeathLove Exists Between PeopleLove Feast

For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsFood DecayingBad Items

“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;
Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.
Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDisappearanceLike A Dreamflying