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The term often refers to the act of distorting or perverting something from its original or intended form. This can apply to physical objects, words, or even moral and spiritual truths.<br><br><b>Literal Twists</b><br><br>The Bible occasionally uses the imagery of twisting in a literal sense, often to describe physical actions or objects. For example, in the construction of the Tabernacle, specific instructions were given for twisting materials together. <a href="/exodus/26.htm">Exodus 26:1</a> describes the making of the Tabernacle curtains: "Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them." Here, the twisting of linen and yarn is a part of the craftsmanship that reflects the beauty and intricacy of God's dwelling place among His people.<br><br><b>Metaphorical Twists</b><br><br>More frequently, the Bible uses the concept of twisting in a metaphorical sense, particularly in relation to truth and righteousness. Twisting words or truth is often associated with deceit and wickedness. In <a href="/psalms/56-5.htm">Psalm 56:5</a>, David laments the actions of his enemies: "All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise." This verse highlights the malicious intent behind the distortion of words, a tactic used by the wicked to undermine and harm the righteous.<br><br>The twisting of truth is also a significant theme in the prophetic books. In <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a>, the prophet warns against those who pervert moral truths: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter." This twisting of moral standards is condemned as a grave sin, reflecting a rebellion against God's established order.<br><br><b>Twisting of Scripture</b><br><br>The New Testament addresses the twisting of Scripture, a concern for the early Church and a warning for believers. In <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">2 Peter 3:16</a>, Peter speaks of those who distort the teachings of Paul: "He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction." This passage underscores the danger of misinterpreting or deliberately altering the Word of God, leading to spiritual ruin.<br><br><b>Moral and Spiritual Implications</b><br><br>The act of twisting is often associated with moral corruption and spiritual deception. <a href="/proverbs/12-19.htm">Proverbs 12:19</a> states, "Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment." The contrast between truth and lies highlights the transient nature of deceit and the enduring quality of truth. Twisting truth is seen as a temporary and ultimately futile endeavor, as God's truth prevails.<br><br>In the broader biblical narrative, the twisting of truth and morality is a reflection of the fallen human condition. It serves as a reminder of the need for discernment and adherence to God's Word. Believers are called to uphold truth and resist the temptation to distort or compromise it for personal gain or societal acceptance.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The concept of twists in the Bible, whether literal or metaphorical, serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of integrity, truthfulness, and faithfulness to God's Word. The warnings against twisting truth and the consequences of such actions are clear, urging believers to remain steadfast in their commitment to righteousness and truth.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/27_such_are_the_doctrines.htm"><span class="l">Such are the Doctrines which are to be Found in These Works of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> There is no room for any of these <b>twists</b> and turns for which you blame others: for<br> it is just when you are doing penance and have been converted, when you have <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../27 such are the doctrines.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/fathers_of_the_third_century_tertullian_appendix/book_v_general_reply_to_sundry.htm"><span class="l">Book v. --General Reply to Sundry of Marcion's Heresies.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 20 Expected long since, with the holy Seed. This fifth doth many <b>twists</b><br> and knots untie,. Rolls wholly into sight what ills soe'er. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../book v general reply to sundry.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/apology/chapter_xlviii_come_now_if.htm"><span class="l">Come Now, if Some Philosopher Affirms, as Laberius Holds...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> holds, following an opinion of Pythagoras, that a man may have his origin from a<br> mule, a serpent from a woman, and with skill of speech <b>twists</b> every argument <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xlviii come now if.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_i/the_life-giver_and_judge.htm"><span class="l">The Life-Giver and Judge</span></a> <br><b>...</b> proved His wickedness. How formalism <b>twists</b> men's judgments of the relative<br> magnitude of form and spirit! Jesus' vindication of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the life-giver and judge.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jerome/the_principal_works_of_st_jerome/letter_xlii_to_marcella.htm"><span class="l">Letter Xlii. To Marcella.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If Novatian absurdly <b>twists</b> Peter's words, "I know not the man," [899] to mean a<br> denial not of Christ's Messiahship but of His humanity, he will make the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xlii to marcella.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gregory/gregory_of_nyssa_dogmatic_treatises_etc/section_7_he_then_clearly.htm"><span class="l">He Then Clearly and Skilfully Criticises the Doctrine of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> as though he were addressing his harangue to brutes, or senseless beings "which<br> have no understanding [662] ," he <b>twists</b> his argument about in contrary ways <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 7 he then clearly.htm</font><p><a href="/library/palgrave/the_treasury_of_sacred_song/cxxii_the_timber.htm"><span class="l">The Timber</span></a> <br><b>...</b> at strife? Footnotes: [134] storms resent, apparently means that the trunk<br> groans or <b>twists</b>. [135] resentient, sympathetic feeling. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cxxii the timber.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gregory/gregory_of_nyssa_dogmatic_treatises_etc/section_9_in_charging_basil.htm"><span class="l">In Charging Basil with not Defending his Faith at the Time of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> reasons, but compelled to do so on behalf of those who went security for me, is<br> clear from facts and also from this man's words." He adroitly <b>twists</b> his words <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 9 in charging basil.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kleiser/talks_on_talking/types_of_talkers.htm"><span class="l">Types of Talkers</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He alters his course as often as the crooked way of his subject changes. He <b>twists</b>,<br> turns, and diverges without the slightest inconvenience to himself. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/talks on talking/types of talkers.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/the_water_of_life_and_other_sermons/sermon_xv_the_earthquake_preached.htm"><span class="l">The Earthquake (Preached October 11, 1863. )</span></a> <br><b>...</b> in the coal and iron districts of the west and north-west, where it is easy to see<br> that earthquakes were once common, by the cracks, <b>twists</b> and settlements in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the water of life and other sermons/sermon xv the earthquake preached.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/t/twists.htm"><span class="l"><b>Twists</b> (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Twists</b> (12 Occurrences). <b>...</b> Exodus 26:5 Fifty <b>twists</b> on one<br> curtain and fifty on the other, the <b>twists</b> to be opposite one another. (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/twists.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/group.htm"><span class="l">Group (32 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 26:4 And you are to put <b>twists</b> of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain<br> of the first group of five, and on the edge of the outside curtain of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/group.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cord.htm"><span class="l">Cord (47 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 26:4 And you are to put <b>twists</b> of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain<br> of the first group of five, and on the edge of the outside curtain of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cord.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/outside.htm"><span class="l">Outside (215 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 26:4 And you are to put <b>twists</b> of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain<br> of the first group of five, and on the edge of the outside curtain of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/outside.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/twisting.htm"><span class="l">Twisting (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/twisting.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/joining.htm"><span class="l">Joining (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> YLT). Exodus 26:11 Then make fifty brass hooks and put the hooks into the<br><b>twists</b>, joining the tent together to make it one. (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/joining.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jaakan.htm"><span class="l">Jaakan (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary He <b>twists</b>, one of the sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the<br> Horite (1 Chronicles 1:42). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JAAKAN. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jaakan.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/twist.htm"><span class="l">Twist (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of parts. 5. (vt) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,<br> avarice <b>twists</b> itself into all human concerns. 6. (vt) To <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/twist.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/thrower.htm"><span class="l">Thrower (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws<br> or <b>twists</b> silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/thrower.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/twitter.htm"><span class="l">Twitter (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/twitter.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-bribery.html">What does the Bible say about bribery / giving or receiving a bribe? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/terminal-illness.html">What does the Bible say about coping/dealing with a terminal illness? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/New-Apostolic-Church.html">What is the New Apostolic Church, and what do they believe? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Twists (12 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-8.htm">Exodus 23:8</a></span><br />"You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-4.htm">Exodus 26:4</a></span><br />And you are to put <span class="boldtext">twists</span> of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group of five, and on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group of five;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-5.htm">Exodus 26:5</a></span><br />Fifty <span class="boldtext">twists</span> on one curtain and fifty on the other, the twists to be opposite one another.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-10.htm">Exodus 26:10</a></span><br />And you are to put fifty <span class="boldtext">twists</span> of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of one group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the other group.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/26-11.htm">Exodus 26:11</a></span><br />Then make fifty brass hooks and put the hooks into the <span class="boldtext">twists</span>, joining the tent together to make it one.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/36-11.htm">Exodus 36:11</a></span><br />And they put <span class="boldtext">twists</span> of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/36-12.htm">Exodus 36:12</a></span><br />Fifty <span class="boldtext">twists</span> on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/36-17.htm">Exodus 36:17</a></span><br />And they put fifty <span class="boldtext">twists</span> of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Deuteronomy 16:19</a></span><br />You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/16-14.htm">Judges 16:14</a></span><br />So while he was sleeping she got the seven <span class="boldtext">twists</span> of his hair worked into her cloth and fixed with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. Then awaking from his sleep, he got up quickly, pulling up cloth and machine together.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/16-19.htm">Judges 16:19</a></span><br />And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven <span class="boldtext">twists</span> of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/29-9.htm">Psalms 29:9</a></span><br />Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve, and strips the forests bare. In his temple everything says, "Glory!"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/t/twists.htm">Twists</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/twists.htm">Twists (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fowl.htm">Fowl (73 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/two.htm">Two (8605 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/chatter.htm">Chatter (5 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/t/twisting.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Twisting"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Twisting" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/t/twitter.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Twitter"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Twitter" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>