Being Mean

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

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

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: — read the full passage →

A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. — read the full passage →

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

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

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: — read the full passage →

for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. — read the full passage →

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? — 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 →

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and the Saviour Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

unto the church of God which is at Corinth, eventhem that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, calledto besaints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirLordand ours:

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

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

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

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am? — read the full passage →

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: — read the full passage →

For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.

And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: — read the full passage →

That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

But ye did not so learn Christ; — read the full passage →

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days. — read the full passage →

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: — read the full passage →

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: — read the full passage →

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 →

who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. — read the full passage →

Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed. — read the full passage →

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

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

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they fare.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

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

Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

For no word from God shall be void of power.