Balance

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

A just beam and balances <FI>are<Fi> Jehovah's, His work <FI>are<Fi> all the stones of the bag.

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord <FI>is<Fi> near; — read the full passage →

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> not good.

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Only--vanity <FI>are<Fi> the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity <FI>are<Fi> lighter.

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

Lo, then, goodness and severity of God--upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

Canaan! in his hand <FI>are<Fi> balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this--the life--is in His Son;

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not. — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling; — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, <FI>is<Fi> with you all! Amen.

To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. — read the full passage →

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

and the truth shall make you free.'

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house, — read the full passage →

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you. — read the full passage →

Do I reckon <FI>it<Fi> pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath--ye have.

For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.'

Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; — read the full passage →

and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

not that in respect of want I say <FI>it<Fi> , for I did learn in the things in which I am--to be content;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us?