Being Cruel

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, — read the full passage →

neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now.

And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be wrath and indignation, — read the full passage →

And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be made holy still. — read the full passage →

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. — read the full passage →

And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among thy people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall. — read the full passage →

They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city! — read the full passage →

And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain.

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; — read the full passage →

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him: — read the full passage →

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; Andhe that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. — read the full passage →

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. — read the full passage →

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for the redeemed: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.

By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. — read the full passage →

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. — read the full passage →

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; — read the full passage →

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ; — read the full passage →

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? — read the full passage →

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. — read the full passage →

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, — read the full passage →

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

The word that Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet. — read the full passage →

Ascribe unto Jehovah, O ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength. — read the full passage →

And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, even they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.