Believing Lies

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them; — read the full passage →

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me--A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred! — read the full passage →

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,

<FI> him,<Fi> whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

The sin of their mouth <FI>is<Fi> a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount. — read the full passage →

and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

And they bend their tongue, their bow <FI>is<Fi> a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

Lo, I--I have prepared an artisan, Blowing on a fire of coals, And bringing out an instrument for his work, And I have prepared a destroyer to destroy. — read the full passage →

and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also; — read the full passage →

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved, — read the full passage →

Ye were running well; who did hinder you--not to obey the truth? — read the full passage →

Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. Selah. — read the full passage →

for the weapons of our warfare <FI>are<Fi> not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds, — read the full passage →

The words of his mouth <FI>are<Fi> iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently--to do good. — read the full passage →

Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil, — read the full passage →

if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching according to piety,

A slaughtering arrow <FI>is<Fi> their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

in meekness instructing those opposing--if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth, — read the full passage →

Not good <FI>is<Fi> your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

Each of his friend--beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

And the dogs <FI>are<Fi> strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they <FI>are<Fi> shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:

Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you--let him first cast the stone at her;'

Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him. — read the full passage →

Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow--a bitter word.

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,

Elder, and accepted of face, he <FI>is<Fi> the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he <FI>is<Fi> the tail. — read the full passage →

Only--from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

and all the people do hear and fear, and do not presume any more.

thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth--before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified?

Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.

Who is sending forth His saying <FI>on<Fi> earth, Very speedily doth His word run.

My soul <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of lions, I lie down <FI>among<Fi> flames--sons of men, Their teeth <FI>are<Fi> a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

and, even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do stand against the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith;

This charge I commit to thee, child Timotheus, according to the prophesies that went before upon thee, that thou mayest war in them the good warfare,

a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

Who are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things--their vessels. — read the full passage →

And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.

But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you--from hearing. — read the full passage →

Therefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitude dried up of thirst.

My people--its exactors <FI>are<Fi> sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people--thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

Great <FI>is<Fi> our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world; — read the full passage →

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God. — read the full passage →

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

I also--I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not--fixed.

Who have said to seers, `Ye do not see,' And to prophets, `Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called. — read the full passage →

`And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.

for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God <FI>is<Fi> witness!)

look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;

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

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;

if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned; — read the full passage →

and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,

For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,

In all their distress <FI>He is<Fi> no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old. — read the full passage →

For the day of vengeance <FI>is<Fi> in my heart, And the year of my redeemed hath come.

Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. — read the full passage →

Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts <FI>are<Fi> thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction <FI>are<Fi> in their highways.

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?

I--I <FI>am<Fi> He--your comforter, Who <FI>art<Fi> thou--and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man--grass he is made!

And who as I, doth call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that do come, declare they to them?

A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh <FI>is<Fi> grass, and all its goodliness <FI>is<Fi> As a flower of the field:

Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink. — read the full passage →

I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it! — read the full passage →

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well. — read the full passage →

And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night <FI>is<Fi> light to me. — read the full passage →

If I ascend the heavens--there Thou <FI>art<Fi> , And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.

As to the rest, pray ye, brethren, concerning us, that the word of the Lord may run and may be glorified, as also with you, — read the full passage →

forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always, but the anger did come upon them--to the end!

that is not another, except there be certain who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of the Christ;

remain in me, and I in you, as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, if it may not remain in the vine, so neither ye, if ye may not remain in me. — read the full passage →

And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, `Woman, where are those--thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?'

and the Devil said to him, `If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.' — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,

Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe, — read the full passage →

Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people <FI>is<Fi> grass; — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> this--darkening counsel, By words without knowledge?

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

wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;