Begging

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: --

And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'

Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

--And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon. — read the full passage →

and they say, `A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;'

in every thing give thanks, for this <FI>is<Fi> the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

`At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed <FI>it<Fi> within thy gates; — read the full passage →

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil. — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

whose end <FI>is<Fi> destruction, whose god <FI>is<Fi> the belly, and whose glory <FI>is<Fi> in their shame, who the things on earth are minding. — read the full passage →

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

and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear; — read the full passage →

and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh, — read the full passage →

In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he--the wicked--in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require. — read the full passage →

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat. — read the full passage →

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

if any one hath an ear--let him hear: — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths: — read the full passage →

A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, <FI>Is<Fi> the righteous falling before the wicked. — read the full passage →

The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given. — read the full passage →

Precious she <FI>is<Fi> above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, And of the company. — read the full passage →

`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness:' — read the full passage →

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

And the people is evil, as those sighing habitually in the ears of Jehovah, and Jehovah heareth, and His anger burneth, and the fire of Jehovah burneth among them, and consumeth in the extremity of the camp. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh, and thou hast spoken unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Send My people away, and they serve me, — read the full passage →

And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Keturah; — read the full passage →