Being Falsely Accused

No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This <FI>is<Fi> the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me--A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.' — read the full passage →

And Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten.

`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

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

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

Every saying of God <FI>is<Fi> tried, A shield He <FI>is<Fi> to those trusting in Him. — read the full passage →

By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters, — read the full passage →

And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more. — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

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

Mine <FI>are<Fi> vengeance and recompense, At the due time--doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

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

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

for <FI>it is<Fi> better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

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;

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, — read the full passage →

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from--for they are unprofitable and vain.

And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, — read the full passage →

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ--happy <FI>are ye<Fi> , because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name; — read the full passage →

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth; — read the full passage →

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour--a false testimony.

and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness <FI>is<Fi> a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

This <FI>is<Fi> the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

because, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;

Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart--to slay,

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue, — read the full passage →

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

And Job answereth and saith: -- — read the full passage →

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but <FI>one<Fi> tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin; — read the full passage →

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 →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And how do ye comfort me <FI>with<Fi> vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth. — read the full passage →

Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth? — read the full passage →

This <FI>one<Fi> dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet. — read the full passage →

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 →

`I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming--the Almighty.'

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,

thou--thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

Your own selves try ye, if ye are in the faith; your own selves prove ye; do ye not know your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, if ye be not in some respect disapproved of?

so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say, — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that <FI>is<Fi> towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that <FI>is<Fi> with me;

and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul--according to the wisdom given to him--did write to you, — read the full passage →

and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness <FI>is<Fi> a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother: — read the full passage →

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

Who is the liar, except he who is denying that Jesus is the Christ? this one is the antichrist who is denying the Father and the Son; — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-<FI> stone<Fi> ,