Being Naive

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

`Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

For giving to simple ones--prudence, To a youth--knowledge and discretion.

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

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

The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned <FI>with<Fi> knowledge.

A foolish woman <FI>is<Fi> noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.

for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;

`Who <FI>is<Fi> simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing, — read the full passage →

and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost die.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail <FI>doth<Fi> her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!' — read the full passage →

And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee--My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going. — read the full passage →

For my people <FI>are<Fi> foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons <FI>are<Fi> they, yea, they <FI>are<Fi> not intelligent, Wise <FI>are<Fi> they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

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,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

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

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour. — read the full passage →

Froward <FI>is<Fi> the way of a man who is vile, And the pure--upright <FI>is<Fi> his work.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. — read the full passage →

From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man--from his fruits.

The wisdom of the prudent <FI>is<Fi> to understand his way, And the folly of fools <FI>is<Fi> deceit.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

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 →

Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley.

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 →

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child--he may not enter into it;'

He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants <FI>are<Fi> as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in.

The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from <FI>being<Fi> a city, And it hath been a heap--a ruin. — read the full passage →

when the Christ--our life--may be manifested, then also we with him shall be manifested in glory.

having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that <FI>is<Fi> to all the saints,

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

In him was life, and the life was the light of men,

and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,

Without oxen a stall <FI>is<Fi> clean, And great <FI>is<Fi> the increase by the power of the ox.