Being Loyal

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? — read the full passage →

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

The high priest said, “Are these things so?” — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words. — read the full passage →

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. — read the full passage →

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. — read the full passage →

“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me. — read the full passage →

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. — read the full passage →

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; — read the full passage →

Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

But Peter answered him, “Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.” — read the full passage →

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

“As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. — read the full passage →

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high, — read the full passage →

I love you, Yahweh, my strength. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

His flesh is so consumed away, that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out. — read the full passage →

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days? — read the full passage →

They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand? — read the full passage →

Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. — read the full passage →

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. — read the full passage →

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly; — read the full passage →

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.

What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. — read the full passage →

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, — read the full passage →

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed. — read the full passage →

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions. — read the full passage →

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.Yes, I tell you, fear him.

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come. — read the full passage →

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power.” — read the full passage →

Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?” — read the full passage →

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehennaof fire.

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly. — read the full passage →

Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh. — read the full passage →

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died. — read the full passage →

Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down. — read the full passage →

therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;

Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests; — read the full passage →

Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath. — read the full passage →

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, — read the full passage →