Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Desires » What not to desire
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; For their minds devise violence, And their lips talk of trouble.
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food. read more.
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it. When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you. You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it. When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you. You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.
Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.
Envy » Forbidden
A Psalm of David.
Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be notenvious toward wrongdoers.
Be not
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,
Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.
But passion is
But live in the
Nor desire to
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.
Envy » Not envying
Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.
Vainglory » Not desiring vainglory
Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.