Being Offended

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee. — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'

`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; — read the full passage →

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake-- — read the full passage →

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it--shame, And a reprover of the wicked--his blemish. — read the full passage →

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

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

Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block.

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;

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

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

wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses--for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness--Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.

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,

In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

Right <FI>it is<Fi> not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to <FI>do anything<Fi> in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world--our faith;

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

For--to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous. — read the full passage →

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,

and having known that he is a Jew, one voice came out of all, for about two hours, crying, `Great <FI>is<Fi> the Artemis of the Ephesians!'

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

saying, `blessed <FI>is<Fi> he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.' — read the full passage →

For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear <FI>it<Fi> , He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

that ye be not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the day of Christ hath arrived;

`Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;

As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every <FI>kind of<Fi> literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every <FI>kind of<Fi> vision and dreams.

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

become offenceless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the assembly of God;

as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, and in his own house:'

And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren--then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; — read the full passage →

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

And the king of Asshur sendeth Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, from Lachish, unto king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, to Jerusalem, and they go up and come in to Jerusalem, and they go up, and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that <FI>is<Fi> in the highway of the fuller's field. — read the full passage →

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

And they having heard, were cut <FI>to the heart<Fi> , and were taking counsel to slay them,

And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'

And it cometh to pass, after these things--the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt;

because all that <FI>is<Fi> in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,

And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given;

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of the doings of Edom, In taking vengeance on the house of Judah, Yea, they are very guilty, And they have taken vengeance on them.

And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe--as many as were appointed to life age-during;

And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?' — read the full passage →

he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'

Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

he making defence--`Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar--did I commit any sin.'

When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.

And Jeremiah saith unto the king Zedekiah, `What have I sinned against thee, and against thy servants, and against this people, that ye have given me unto a prison-house?

They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,

And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab, — read the full passage →

that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

also we--we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe <FI>to him<Fi> through whom they come; — read the full passage →

A stone <FI>is<Fi> heavy, and the sand <FI>is<Fi> heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both. — read the full passage →

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name. — read the full passage →

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? — read the full passage →

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

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,

in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair; — read the full passage →

according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.' — read the full passage →

and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death--that is, the devil--

Better <FI>is<Fi> the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better <FI>is<Fi> the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit. — read the full passage →

so that your enemy have I become, being true to you? — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me; — read the full passage →

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness. — read the full passage →

Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you; — read the full passage →

To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.' — read the full passage →

even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.' — read the full passage →

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated. — read the full passage →

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it. — read the full passage →

`But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting. — read the full passage →

As an adamant harder than a rock I have made thy forehead; thou dost not fear them, nor art thou affrighted before them, for a rebellious house <FI>are<Fi> they.' — read the full passage →