Being Prideful

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. — read the full passage →

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.

And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word. — read the full passage →

The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — 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; — read the full passage →

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.

And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

that they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.

knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

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.

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!

And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?

And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. — read the full passage →

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them. — 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.

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; Butthe simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.

God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.